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Timetable Generator

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🗓️ Admin Timetable Wizard

Complete the four numbered steps. All classes, subjects, teachers, terms and sessions come from platform dropdowns—no spelling variations. Generation is deterministic and checks a teacher is not placed in two classes at the same time.

🔐 Authorized timetable editors

The published timetable, this wizard and the exam timetable are admin-only by default (v9.2 database update). Grant specific staff edit rights here — everyone else can view but never change a published schedule.

🧭 How this wizard works (read once — 1 minute)

You are building the timetable for the WHOLE SCHOOL AT ONCE — not class by class. The wizard already knows each subject's teacher (from the Subjects module) and prevents any teacher from being in two classes at the same time.

  1. Step 1 — Describe your school day once: how many periods, how long each is, when the breaks fall. Fridays (or any day) can have FEWER periods and SHORTER periods. Click 💾 Save — it is remembered forever.
  2. Step 2 — Tick the classes you are building (usually Tick all) and pick the term & session.
  3. Step 3 — Add each subject once: pick the subject (its teacher appears automatically), type how many periods per week, and untick any class that doesn't take it (e.g. Biology → only SSS classes). Repeat for every subject. Nothing is generated yet.
  4. Step 4 — Click ⚙️ Generate: the engine builds EVERY ticked class's timetable in one go — randomised, clash-free, honouring breaks, reserved slots and part-time teachers. Review the master grid, per-class grids and each teacher's personal timetable, then print.

💡 Generating again gives a fresh random arrangement. Nothing is final until you are happy — regenerate as many times as you like.

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🕐 Step 1 · Build the school-day schedule

💡 Want the LAST period(s) to be a fixed “Lesson” slot, or reserve games/assembly? Use Step 3b · Reserve slot below — reserved labels print on the timetable and are never overwritten.

Per-day period counts (optional) — e.g. set Friday to 4 when Fridays are shorter; leave blank to use the default.
Per-day period length in minutes (optional) — e.g. Friday 30-minute periods while Mon–Thu run 40. Blank = default length.

🏫 Step 2 · Select the timetable context

Save Step 1 first — the day structure will show here.
Multi-level schools whose levels run different day lengths (e.g. Primary 5 periods, SSS 8): build each level as its own batch — tick only that level's classes, adjust Step 1, save, generate; repeat for the next level.

📚 Step 3 · Add each subject (whole school at once)

Add every subject taught in the school ONCE. Its mapped teacher appears automatically. “Periods/week” = how many times it appears Mon–Fri. The class list below starts with ALL your Step-2 classes ticked — just UNTICK the classes that don't take this subject (e.g. Biology → untick JSS classes). Nothing is generated until Step 4.

🎓 Department option group (optional) — e.g. SS classes split by department in ONE period: Commerce (Commercial) / CRS (Arts) / Chemistry (Science). Tick 2+ subjects; they are scheduled TOGETHER in the same period, each with its own teacher, and every listed teacher is protected from clashes.
applies to EACH ticked class
Classes taking this option group (untick the ones that don't — e.g. JSS classes don't take an SSS department block)
Applies to EACH class ticked below — e.g. 5 means every ticked class gets this subject 5×/week.
Classes taking this subject: (pre-ticked from Step 2 — untick the ones that don't take it)

⛔ Step 3b · Free periods & fixed activities (optional)

Reserve slots the generator must NOT fill — free periods, Sports & Clubs, Assembly, Practicals. "ALL" applies to every class.

🧑‍🏫 Staff changes — update the timetable without starting over

A teacher joined, left, or changed their available days? Fix it here — every saved subject demand updates in one click, then regenerate. Your classes, periods and subjects stay exactly as saved.

Then click ⚙️ Generate below — the whole school re-arranges around the change.

⚙️ Step 4 · Validate and generate the WHOLE school

One click builds every ticked class's grid + the combined master timetable + every teacher's personal timetable. Click again any time for a different random arrangement — nothing is final until you print.

Tick classes and add subject demand first.