Polytechnic LMS built for labs, workshops and diploma programs

Yes. The AICTE Approval Process Handbook and NBA Tier-II manual require diploma programs to publish course-outcome and program-outcome attainment, student-faculty ratio, lab utilisation and industrial-training records. OpenEduCat keeps this data live in the system and prints it in the exact tables inspectors expect, so you stop maintaining a parallel evidence folder in Excel.

Each lab, machine or workstation is a bookable resource with its own capacity. The timetable engine refuses to double-book a CNC mill or a 24-seat electronics lab and offers alternative slots automatically. Batches can be split into sub-groups so 60 students rotate through a 20-station lab across three sessions without manual juggling.

Yes. Each student gets an industrial-training module with weekly logbook entries, supervisor sign-off, attached photos and a competency checklist. Faculty mentors review remotely; the system totals hours against the minimum your board requires (e.g. AICTE's mandatory in-plant training) and unlocks the completion certificate only when the threshold is met.

Course outcomes, program outcomes and NSQF / NOS units are first-class objects. You attach each assessment item to one or more competencies; the gradebook then reports attainment per competency, not just an overall mark. This is the format AICTE, NBA, NBTE and TESDA assessors look for during audits.

Yes. The UI ships in 40+ languages and course content can be delivered in any script - Hindi, Tamil, Bahasa Indonesia, Filipino, Hausa, Yoruba and others. Faculty in regional polytechnics can teach and assess in vernacular while still producing English accreditation reports for central bodies.

Moodle handles online courses well but has no native concept of a lab session, a shop-floor machine, an industrial-training logbook or an AICTE program-outcome matrix. Most polytechnics that try the Moodle + Excel + Tally combination end up paying two staff to keep the registers synchronised. OpenEduCat Community Edition is also free and open-source, but ships lab scheduling, internship tracking and accreditation reports as standard modules - so a small IT cell can run it without writing custom plugins.