• The Fee Dues are not available immediately for reference
Unless the parents visit the school physical they are not sure about their wards fee dues.
• Inconvenient method of Fee Collection
Most of the schools collect fee in their school fee counters, hence parents have to wait in long queues to pay their wards fees.
• School accepts only cash /DD
Most schools & colleges don’t accept cheques; instead have a Cash only policy or take Demand Draft.
• Parents find it difficult to take time off from work to pay fees
Since school timings coincide with parent’s work timings, parents are not able to take time off from work, to stand in a queue to pay the fees.
• No reminders
Majority of the schools do not remind the parents about fee deadlines.
The problem becomes compounded when the fee cycles are either quarterly or term wise.
• Late payment fines
The exorbitant late fee fines ends up irritating the parents.
• Embarrassment to the student
The message regarding the nonpayment of fees is sent through the students, and it is conveyed in the classroom in front of their classmates.
• The fee collection cycles is repeated 4-6 times a year
Parents go through the above pain as many times in a year.