How to add/Update Fee Categories

Fee categories are a broad type of fees paid in a school which contains is made up of items (How to add items). For example, a school may have a category called ‘tuition fee’ and then have a category for ‘Boarding Fees’ because not all students stay in the hostel. The ‘tuition fee’ category can have Items like ICT, Uniform, Library, etc with their respective amounts. 

You can add fee categories as follows

1. Click on ‘Finance’ on the Menu

2. Click on ‘Fees’

3. Click on ‘Fee Collectibles’ and locate the section ‘Fee Categories’

4. In the left tray in the ‘Fee Categories section’ you will find ‘add/update fee category’

5. Input name, description and if the fee category is optional or compulsory

6. Click on the ‘Add Category’ button to save the Fee Category.

7. Repeat this to add all your fee types.

To edit an existing Fee category: 

1. Check the right tray of the ‘Fee category section’, you will find all the categories you have added.

2. Click on the edit sign on the Fee category you want to edit and it shows up in the ‘add/update fee category’ section

3. Make your changes and click on ‘Update’ to save changes.

N/B Making a fee category optional means that during payment payee may choose not pay for that category and will still be ‘Cleared’. For example, Say a fee item ‘Boarding Fee’ is not compulsory, during payment, parents/students may choose not to pay it if boarding in school is not expected.