Your parent portal

Schools and daycares that use Kila can open a parent portal for you: one sign-in for all your children there. You see what each child owes and has paid, their attendance and report cards, and the school’s notices, and you can pay fees by M-Pesa from your phone.

Your first sign-in

1. Open the school's email

   The school sends you an email, Your parent portal at the school’s name: ”… has opened a parent portal for you: fee balances and statements, report cards and attendance for your children. Choose a password to sign in.” Tap Choose a password.

2. Choose your password

   The page says Choose your password, with your name and the email you sign in with. Type a password of “At least 10 characters. A short sentence is easy to remember and hard to guess.” in New password and again in Type it again, then tap Save password.

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3. Sign in

   Kila says Your password is set. Tap Sign in, then type your email and the password you chose.

“This link works once,” until the date the page shows. After that, ask the school to send you the email again: it has a new link. Do the same if you forget your password.

Next time, open the school’s address, such as bright-minds-academy.kilabiashara.co.ke: Sign in to Bright Minds Academy. Type your email and password and tap Sign in.

Your children

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The portal opens on Children: “Hello Ann”, how many children and which term, and what you have to pay in total.

1. Pay fees by M-Pesa: see Pay your fees by M-Pesa.
2. A card for each child, with their admission number and class, and what they owe: Owes KES …, Fully paid, or KES … paid ahead. Below it, this term’s attendance, such as “This term: present 37 of 38 days marked, absent 1.”, and next term’s fees when the school has set them, such as “Term 1 2027 fees: KES 59,650.00, due by 19 Feb 2027.”
3. Fee statement: the child’s fees and payments, line by line.

Absences lists the days your child was absent or late. Report card downloads the child’s report card for the term, once the school has signed it off. Notices and dates are the events the school shares with parents.

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At a daycare

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1. When you owe fees, the portal shows the school’s paybill: “Pay by M-Pesa to paybill 4093217, using each child’s admission number as the account number.”
2. Today shows your child’s day sheet: when they came in and went home, and what the caregivers recorded. Before your child is checked in, it says “Not checked in today.”

Your other pages

Statement is the account in your own name with the school. Your children’s fees are on each child’s Fee statement, under Children. Profile keeps your phone, email and address up to date: tap Save details.

Good to know

You see only your own children. If a child of yours is missing, or a balance looks wrong, ask the school.

Related

• Pay your fees by M-Pesa
• Portals: for the school, how to invite parents.