Fees & pay

School fees, salaries and the school's money, in one place.

The fee book your office keeps by hand, in the portal: a fee for each class, discounts with a reason, part payments, numbered receipts and a cash count at the end of the day. Staff salaries and payslips sit beside it, and the owner sees the whole month on one page.

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This month's school fees: expected, received, not yet paid and payments to check
Fee setup

A fee for each class, set once

List the fees your school charges and when, then fill in one table: each class against each fee. Every child's bill follows their class.

  • checkTuition every month; admission once, on the first bill after joining; annual charges and exam fees on the months you choose
  • checkOptional fees such as transport, switched on for the children who use them
  • checkChildren move up a class and their next bill uses the new class's fee. Nobody retypes 200 amounts
  • checkA child with an old agreement keeps their own amount, marked as their own
  • checkEvery change starts from a month you choose. Bills already sent never change
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The class fees table: tuition, admission, annual charges, exam fee and transport for each class
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Discounts: the sibling rule, the Owner's approval limit and a discount for one child
Discounts

Every discount has a reason and an end date

A discount shows on the bill as its own line, so parents and the owner see what was given and why.

  • checkA sibling rule that applies by itself: for example 10% for the second child, 15% for the third
  • checkA staff child's discount stops when the parent leaves the staff list
  • checkScholarships and concessions for one child, in percent or rupees, with a reason the parent sees
  • checkAbove the limit you set, a discount waits for the Owner to approve it
  • checkOnly the biggest discount applies to a fee, unless you let them add up
Every month

Bills that make themselves, and a list of who is late

On the 1st, each child's bill is built from their class fees, the fees due that month and their discounts.

  • checkPaid, Part paid, Not paid or To check, for every child, with a class filter and a download
  • checkParents who paid by bank or wallet send the screenshot from the app. Check it here, and the parent is told either way
  • checkReminders before and after the due day, or one button to remind every family still owing
  • checkAn optional late fine: a fixed amount after the due day, or an amount per day up to a limit. The office can let a fine go without letting the fee go
  • checkDefaulters grouped by how late they are: 0 to 30 days, 31 to 60, 61 to 90 and over 90
  • checkBank challans in three copies, for schools that collect through a bank
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Defaulters grouped by how late they are, with Remind all
A bank challan in three copies: bank, school and parent
Bank challans, if your school uses them: bank, school and parent copies
At the office counter

Any amount, for the whole family, with a numbered receipt

Type a child's name or the last four digits of a parent's phone. The whole family's fees come up together.

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Taking a payment for a whole family: what each child owes and the family's total
  • checkCash, bank transfer, wallet or cheque, for one child or every child in the family
  • checkPart payments clear the oldest month first. More than is owed is kept as credit
  • checkA numbered receipt every time, with what is still owed printed on it
  • checkAnyone can check a receipt is genuine from the link printed on it
  • checkOnly the Owner can cancel a receipt, with a reason. Nothing is deleted
A numbered fee receipt for two children, with what is still owed
Closing the day

Does the drawer match the receipts?

At the end of the day, each person counts the cash they took and enters it.

  • checkThe day's money by cash, bank transfer and wallet, and the cash each person took
  • checkEach person closes their own day with the cash they counted
  • checkA difference is recorded with a note, and the Owner is told
  • checkEvery receipt of the day in one list, ready to download
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The day at the fee counter: totals by method, cash by person and closing the day
Staff pay

Salaries, advances and payslips, approved by the Owner

The month's payroll is built from each person's salary, their attendance and any advance being paid back.

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October's payroll: gross, deductions and net pay for each member of staff, all paid
payments

Salaries and allowances

Basic pay, allowances such as house rent or conveyance, and bank or cash. A raise starts from the month you choose.

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The Owner approves

The office builds and checks the payroll. Nobody is paid until the Owner approves it, and each person is marked paid as they are.

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Pay stays private

Only the Owner and the people the Owner names see salaries. Everyone else never sees this page.

  • checkAdvances paid back in instalments, taken off each payslip until cleared
  • checkUnpaid leave, absences and half days come off automatically
  • checkA payslip for each person, ready to print, with the advance and leave left
  • checkA bank transfer list and a download for your bank or accountant
A payslip with basic pay, overtime and an advance taken back
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Staff attendance for the day: who came in at the gate, who is on leave and who is not in
Staff attendance

Staff sign in at the gate, with their own card

Staff tap a card on the same gate reader the children use. The office sees who is in, on leave or not here yet.

  • checkA staff card for each person, printed from the portal
  • checkThe office can mark anyone by hand: present, late, absent or half day
  • checkA leave register with each person's allowance: casual leave, sick leave and the rest
  • checkNot in and not on leave by your set time? The office is told
  • checkFeeds the payroll, so deductions are never worked out by hand
For the owner

The whole month on one page

How much was billed, collected and paid out, without asking the office for a register.

  • checkFees billed against collected, for the last six months
  • checkWhat is owed today, by how late
  • checkWhat was given away in sibling discounts and scholarships
  • checkSalaries paid, and other spending such as rent, electricity and repairs
  • checkWhat is left over at the end of the month
  • checkSeen by the Owner only
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The owner's money page: fees billed and collected, salaries, other spending and what is left over

Who sees what

Money pages follow the job, like the rest of the portal.

RoleFees & pay
OwnerEverything: fees, receipts, staff pay, the money page, discount approvals and cancelling a receipt.
School adminFees, the counter and staff attendance. Staff pay only if the Owner allows it.
AccountsFees and the counter, and nothing else in the portal.
Everyone elseNo money pages at all.

Fees and pay questions

Do parents have to pay online?

No. Parents pay the way they always have: at the office, by bank transfer or from a wallet. A parent who pays by transfer sends the screenshot from the app, and the office checks it.

We charge one flat fee. Is this too much for us?

No. Set one tuition amount per class and leave the rest empty. Fee types, discounts, challans and fines are there when you want them, and off until then.

Can a parent pay part of the fee?

Yes. Take any amount. It clears the oldest month first, the bill shows Part paid, and the receipt says what is still owed. More than is owed is kept as credit for the next bill.

Who can see salaries?

Only the Owner and the people the Owner names. The Accounts role handles fees and sees nothing else in the portal.

Can a receipt be changed after it is printed?

No. A wrong receipt is cancelled with a reason, by the Owner, and the months it paid are open again. The cancelled receipt stays on the day's list.

How does staff attendance reach the payroll?

Absences, half days and unpaid leave from Staff attendance come off that month's pay when the payroll is built, at a day's pay of the basic salary divided by 26. A school can set its own number.

See it with your own fee structure

We set up your classes, fees and staff with you, and your office takes its first payment the same day.