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Set up classes and terms

Keep the school's classes with their places, and its terms with their dates and the day fees fall due, under Classes and terms.

Who can do it
Head teacher and Owner
Find it
Learners, then Classes and terms, or search classes and terms in Kila
Time
3 minutes

Students set-up holds the school’s classes and terms: “Classes, terms and how the students screens work for this business.” Fees are set per class, and each term has its dates and the day its fees fall due.

  1. Open Classes and terms

    Choose Learners › Classes and terms. The Classes tab lists each class with its Kind, its Campus and its Students, with the places after them, such as 16 / 25.

  2. Tap the class

    Edit Grade 9 opens with the class’s Name, Kind (Class, Course or Group), Campus, Places and Order in lists. Places is optional: it is how many learners the class takes.

    Edit Grade 9 at Bright Minds Academy: Nakuru campus, 25 under Places (1), 13 under Order in lists, and Open for students switched on (2).Edit Grade 9 at Bright Minds Academy: Nakuru campus, 25 under Places (1), 13 under Order in lists, and Open for students switched on (2).
  3. Save or cancel

    Under Open, Open for students is on for a class that takes learners. Change what you need and tap Save, or Cancel to leave the class as it was.

  1. Open the Terms tab

    Each term shows its Kind, its Dates and when its Fees due. The term the school is in says Current.

  2. Tap Add

    Add a term asks for the Name, such as “Term 1 2027, March 2027”, the Kind (Term, Month or Course intake), when it Starts and Ends, and Fees due by, which is optional. Save stays grey until the name and both dates are in.

    Add a term: Term 2 2027 as the name (3), starting 17 May 2027 (4) and ending 13 August 2027, and 28 May 2027 under Fees due by (5).Add a term: Term 2 2027 as the name (3), starting 17 May 2027 (4) and ending 13 August 2027, and 28 May 2027 under Fees due by (5).
  3. Change a term

    Tap the term on the list, such as Edit Term 1 2027, change what you need and tap Save. The list shows it at once.

    Terms at Bright Minds Academy: Term 1 2027 from 8 Feb 2027 to 7 May 2027 with fees due 26 Feb 2027 (6), Term 3 2026 marked Current, and Term 2 2026.Terms at Bright Minds Academy: Term 1 2027 from 8 Feb 2027 to 7 May 2027 with fees due 26 Feb 2027 (6), Term 3 2026 marked Current, and Term 2 2026.

Streams, subjects and timetable, at the top of the page, opens the academic set-up.

Next: set the new term’s fee structures, then bill it.

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