"We paid half last term." Can the school show it?

Record fees as parents pay them. Each parent gets a receipt on WhatsApp showing what's left for the term, and the school keeps the same record.

The week before exams

A mother comes into the office the week before exams. She paid half of Amina's fees in September, she says, and some more in October. The bursar goes through three bank statements and a notebook while Amina waits outside.

Maybe the money came in under her husband's name. Maybe it went to the old account. Either way, it's a hard conversation to have with a child in the corridor, and most schools have it every term.

How the bursar records a payment

  • With one message, at the moment the money comes in:

    You send ProveamMrs Bello, Term 1 fees Amina JSS2 150k paid 50k

    The parent gets, on WhatsAppReceipt BFS-0112 · Bright Future SchoolTerm 1 fees, Amina JSS2₦150,000Paid₦50,000Left to pay₦100,000

Mrs Bello gets that receipt on WhatsApp straight away. When she pays again, Mrs Bello paid 50k, her next receipt shows what's left.

Uniform, books and the school bus are separate records, so a parent always knows what each payment was for.

For the school

Every family's balance for the term, in one place, without matching bank alerts by hand.

The bursar and the front desk can each record with their own login, and you'll see who recorded what. You can give up to two people a login like that.

Reminders go out only when you choose to send them: polite, factual, at most three a month per parent.

A mistake is voided and recorded again, never edited, so no parent has to wonder whether a figure was changed.

For parents

Every receipt arrives on WhatsApp, free, with nothing to download. A parent with two or three children in the school finds all their receipts in one place, under their own number. At the end of term, or when moving a child to another school, they can show exactly what was paid. And if a receipt looks wrong, they can say so with one tap.

About children's details

Receipts are made out to the parent, because the parent pays and receives them. Put no more about the child than the school needs: a first name and class is enough.

Questions schools ask

Do parents have to download anything?

No. Receipts arrive on WhatsApp like any other message.

Some parents have more than one child here.

Record each child's fees separately. The parent sees a balance for each child.

Who can record on our side?

You, and up to two staff, such as the bursar and the front desk, each with their own login.

Does Proveam collect the fees?

No. Parents pay the school as usual. Proveam only keeps the record of it.

What does it cost?

Free for 7 days, then ₦1,000 a month up to 50 active customers, ₦3,000 up to 300, ₦7,500 over 300. Or let your customers pay through Proveam: no monthly fee, just a small fee on each payment (see the Terms). You choose who pays it.

Start with one class this term.

Start on WhatsApp

7 days free, then from ₦1,000 a month. Parents never pay.

Have a question first? Email info@proveam.com.