The government has added school fees payment to e-Citizen services as it steps up the policy of centralised collections.
In a circular dated January 31, 2024, Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang has directed all national school heads to ensure fees is paid exclusively through the platform.
It will be a collaboration between the Ministry of Education, the directorate of e-Citizen, the ICT Authority, ICT ministry and the National Treasury.
From June last year, the government has been migrating services, including payments, to the e-Citizen platform to streamline processes and enhance efficiency.
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State agencies have been disabling their individual paybill numbers to use the 222222, the new central payment code for the close to 5,000 services on e-Citizen.
Dr Kipsang instructed the school heads to provide school banking details by February 6 to facilitate the transition.
“As part of compliance with the requirements it is directed that parents/guardians make fee payments for their learners in your institutions through this platform,” the PS said.
The bank, account number, its code and branch code are some of the details the government is asking for through the basic education director-general.
Under this era, the school heads are expected to lose some authority in the way they access and use the school funds that run into hundreds of millions a year.
Although the government has started with national schools, it is expected that this may only be a pilot that if successful will be expanded to all the schools.
Already, the government has migrated to online services, including sending of Form One admission letters, university and TVET courses application and placement, and student transfers.
