School management system for Kakamega schools
Enaton runs fees, academics, exams, parents and staff for schools in Kakamega, from as low as KES 4,060 a month. It is built for the shape of a Kakamega roll: large classes and fees that arrive in many small instalments rather than one payment a term.
- Kakamega town
- Mumias
- Malava
- Butere
- Lugari
What is different about running a school in Kakamega
Kakamega is one of the most populous counties in Kenya and one of the most densely schooled. Rolls are large, day schools dominate, and a single stream can carry more learners than an entire small private academy in another county.
That volume is the whole problem. When a school of nine hundred learners is billed per term, the ledger is not nine hundred payments. It is several thousand, because families pay what they have when they have it. Doing that on a spreadsheet is not slow, it is unreliable, and the errors only surface when a parent produces a receipt for money the school cannot find.
It also changes what a fee reminder is. Sending the same message to two thousand parents at once is a broadcast. Sending each family their own live balance is a collection.
How Kakamega parents actually pay
Payment here is mostly M-Pesa and mostly in parts. A few hundred shillings at a time, several times a term, sometimes from more than one phone number for the same learner, sometimes from an uncle or an elder sibling in Nairobi.
Every one of those payments is recorded against the learner within about a minute and the balance drops on the spot, so the next reminder that goes out quotes what is genuinely outstanding today rather than what was outstanding when somebody last exported a list.
Rolls grow in Kakamega. However many learners you bring in, the system handles them, so a roll of a thousand is billed as easily as a roll of six hundred.
What Kakamega schools lean on hardest
What Enaton costs a school in Kakamega
From as low as KES 4,060 a month for your school, with every module switched on. However many learners you bring in, the system handles them. Running several schools? Talk to Enaton for a group quote. Pricing does not change by county.
Setup, importing what you keep in Excel and training are done with you by our own team. See what is included, or what moving from spreadsheets involves.
Elsewhere in the Western region
Enaton covers all 47 counties at the same price. See every county, or talk to us about your own school.
Questions from Kakamega schools
Can Enaton handle a school with over a thousand learners?
Yes. However many learners you bring in, the system handles them, so a roll of twelve hundred is billed as easily as a roll of six hundred. Large day school rolls with fees paid in instalments are a normal case, not an edge case.
What happens when a parent pays fees from a different phone number?
The payment is recorded against the learner, not the phone. A parent paying from a relative or a workplace phone still reduces the right learner balance, and the receipt carries the learner name so the family has proof that matches the school record.
Can the school send fee reminders to every parent at once?
Yes, and each parent receives their own outstanding balance rather than a general message. Reminders stay accurate as payments come in, so a family that paid yesterday is not chased today. Schools also set quiet hours so messages do not go out at night.
Does Enaton support CBC/CBE in Kakamega schools?
Yes. CBC, now CBE, runs on learning areas, strands, sub strands and objectives with competency based grading and CBC/CBE report cards. Schools still carrying 8-4-4 classes can run both at once during the transition.
Run your Kakamega school on one system
Fees, academics, transport, parents and staff in one place, from as low as KES 4,060 a month.