Running a private school in Nigeria means juggling fee collection, attendance, results, and parent communication — often across a messy mix of Excel sheets, WhatsApp groups, and paper files. SchoolKit was built to bring all of that into one place, designed specifically for how Nigerian schools actually operate.
What SchoolKit Does
SchoolKit is an all-in-one school management platform covering the day-to-day work of running a school:
- Fee collection, powered by Paystack, so parents can pay school fees directly online — no more chasing bank transfers or manual reconciliation.
- Attendance tracking for staff and students, in real time.
- Results and report cards, generated and shared digitally, term after term. See what to compare when automating result processing.
- Parent communication, so guardians stay informed on their child's progress, invoices, and school announcements — without a dozen WhatsApp groups.
- An AI tutor grounded in the WAEC syllabus, giving students extra support aligned with what they're actually being examined on — currently live with early-access pilot schools, with wider rollout underway.
- Offline functionality, because a school's admin work shouldn't stop when the network does.
Every school on SchoolKit gets its own private, secure portal — your data belongs to your school alone.
Why SchoolKit, and Not the Alternatives
Built for Nigeria, not adapted for it. Most school management software is built for schools in the US or Europe and retrofitted for local use. SchoolKit starts from Nigerian realities: Paystack for payments, WhatsApp/SMS for parent updates, and offline support for when the network isn't cooperating.
Real payments, not just invoicing. Many platforms will generate an invoice but leave the actual collection process to you. SchoolKit closes that loop — parents pay directly through Paystack, and your fee records update automatically.
Works when the internet doesn't. Offline functionality means attendance, results entry, and other daily tasks don't grind to a halt during a network outage — a genuine day-to-day reality for many schools.
More than admin — academic support, too. The AI tutor isn't a generic chatbot; it's grounded in the WAEC syllabus, so it's actually useful for exam preparation, not just a novelty feature. It's currently rolling out to early-access schools as part of onboarding.
Built for one school owner's actual workflow, by someone who studied it closely. SchoolKit wasn't built as a generic template — every feature maps to a real bottleneck school owners face: fee follow-up, report card season, parents asking "has my child been in school this week?"
Ready to see how this fits your school? Join the SchoolKit early-access waitlist — pioneer schools get hands-on onboarding support to get set up quickly.