5 Requirements for Parents Paying School Fees Via eCitizen
5 Requirements for Parents Paying School Fees Via eCitizen
The industry was taken aback on Saturday when the Ministry of Education issued an order requiring all students enrolled in national high schools to pay their tuition using eCitizen.The state clarified at the time that the order was consistent with President William Ruto’s proposal to combine governmental payments under a single pay bill number, 222,222.
Therefore, it is anticipated that the new regulation will shield the school fees from dishonest educators and accountants who have long been accused of causing imbalances on the organization’s balance accounts.In order to accomplish this, principals were directed by Basic Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang to provide the bank account numbers and names for their individual institutions.
“The directorate of e-Citizen in partnership with the Information Communication Technology Authority (ICTA), Ministry of Information, Communication and the Digital Economy and the National Treasury have been coordinating the onboarding of all government services onto the eCitizen platform to enhance service delivery,” the circular stated.
While the eCitizen fee payment system has not yet been updated, this article examines necessary conditions for parents who are attempting to pay for their children’s education.
First, parents or guardians must possess a National Identification card and a Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Personal Identification Number (PIN) certificate crucial for creating the eCitizen account. Once in, the parents can toggle across the 5,000 services available online to a specific portal through which the fees must be paid.To complete the payment, the payers must provide the student’s name, admission number, and recipient school’s bank account details.
The Ministry of Education had instructed principals to include the name, account number, branch, and branch code of their school in the circular.
“There is no national school that accepts cash and the way you go to the bank to pay school fees is the same way you will go to eCitizen,” stated Ambrose Weda, a lawyer and parent.”When you go into your account, you will find a portal for fees, open it, give the name of the child and pay the money.”
The directive, which only pilots national schools for now, caused unease among principals and parents some of whom complained that needy parents who pay school fees in kind will be most disadvantaged.
Kathiani MP Robert Mbui observed that some parents who offered free services or foodstuffs in exchange for fees would suffer the most. He also foresaw a financial crisis in the institution due to the government’s storied delay in financing schools.
Wilson Sossion, a former secretary general of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), agreed that parents and guardians still lacked adequate information.”The public and parents have not been given an explanation for the government’s decision to mandate that national schools collect payments through e-citizen. Nevertheless, he clarified, “This policy will eradicate corruption through cash payments, and it is a mandatory requirement.”
