It is that time of the year again, where students prepare to go back to school, and every parent is thinking of school fees, when to pay, and how to pay! Traditionally, at every beginning of school terms, parents and students have been known to queue for long periods of time at bank branches to pay for school fees but the introduction of technological solutions and the adoption of cashless payments is here to eliminate this constraint for parents! Parents and students can now use Urubuto, a platform that enables the payment of school fees safely, swiftly and from mobile devices by dialing the USSD code *775# and using digital wallets to complete the transactions. Urubuto is a solution developed by BK TecHouse Ltd in 2017 with the aim to maximize school administration efficiency, provide parents with visibility on the student’s academic performance and wellbeing, and enable cashless payment of all school fees. Some of Urubuto’s most prominent academic features include academics management, attendance management, parent access portal and on-demand SMS and email communication. In addition to academic features, Urubuto is integrates with ‘UrubutoPay’ a payment gateway that collects cashless real-time fees payments and reconciliation made via various banking and digital channels. This technological solution can be used to pay for school fees for students in all academic levels. You can dial *775*1# when paying for primary and secondary school fees, *775*2# when paying to private universities, and *775*5# when paying fees to the University of Rwanda. From there on, you can use your mobile money account, or digital wallets offered by other financial institutions that are in partnership with BK Techouse ltd such as the Bank of Kigali and Umwalimu Sacco. BK Techouse is committed to enabling cashless payment by making the integration to UrubutoPay, the universal payment gateway, free of charge for schools. Interested schools and universities can register to use Urubuto through the website of www.urubuto.rw. For more information you can call 7740 or send a message on Whatsapp +250787483946.
