School fees, receipts and M-Pesa payments

Fee accounts that add up

• Fee structures with vote heads, per class and term.
• Invoices, receipts, credit notes and statements in KES, printed on the school's letterhead.
• Overdue balances shown to the bursar and the administrator.
• The school's income and spending kept beside the fees it collects.

M-Pesa to the school's own account

• Parents get an M-Pesa prompt (STK push) on their phone to pay the school's own paybill or till.
• Paybill payments made with a learner's admission number are recorded against that learner automatically.
• The school's administrator enters its Daraja keys, protected by a code from an authenticator app; every change is emailed and texted to all its administrators.

Bank and other payments

• Each school lists its own payment methods: paybill, till and bank.
• Parents can upload proof of payment, which the bursar confirms or rejects.

Common questions

Can parents pay school fees by M-Pesa?

Yes. Parents get an M-Pesa prompt on their phone to pay the school's own paybill or till, and paybill payments made with a learner's admission number are recorded against that learner automatically. The money goes straight to the school, never through Skulink.

Does Skulink issue invoices, receipts and fee statements?

Yes. Fee structures with vote heads, invoices, receipts, credit notes and statements are all in KES and printed on the school's letterhead.

What about bank payments?

Each school lists its own payment methods, including bank accounts. A parent who pays by bank can upload the slip as proof, and the bursar confirms or rejects it.

Does Skulink do payroll?

Yes. Payroll covers Kenyan statutory deductions and produces payslips, and staff leave is kept alongside it.

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