As digital solutions reshape financial transactions, MTN MoMo is transforming how Ugandan families handle school fee payments. Through partnerships with aggregators like School Pay, MTN MoMo provides a convenient, secure, and rewarding way for parents to pay fees. The Pay School Fees and Win campaign simplifies the payment process while offering opportunities to win scholarships and access financial assistance, significantly impacting education accessibility across Uganda.
Convenience and Safety Through Cashless Payments
Uganda’s digital economy transition is accelerated by MTN MoMo’s innovative approach. By collaborating with platforms like School Pay, MTN MoMo has created a seamless payments marketplace where parents can pay school fees from home, eliminating the need for large sums of cash or long bank queues.
Parents like Osuje Karim from Great Joy Primary School appreciate the flexibility. “I usually pay school fees at night.” he says. The 24/7 access allows parents to settle fees at their convenience, providing peace of mind. Parents can simply dial 16580# or use the MyMTN app, select an aggregator like School Pay, and complete transactions instantly.
Scholarships and Scholastic Rewards
Every payment made through MTN MoMo enters parents into a draw to win scholarships that cover a full term’s fees. This initiative lightens the financial burden on families and makes education more accessible. MTN MoMo also conducts regional activations across Uganda, offering participants the chance to win scholastic materials, further supporting children’s education, across the regions, in areas like Kabale and Arua.
For parents like Nerima, a refugee farmer who won second-term fees for her child through the campaign, the campaign has been life-changing. “I didn’t know we qualified to win such things and that’s how you know it’s real,” she says, highlighting that she did not expect to win in a country where she is considered a refugee.
Financial Flexibility with Microloans
In collaboration with banks, MTN MoMo also provides access to microloans, ensuring that parents facing financial challenges can still meet their children’s school fees. By dialling 165*5#, parents can quickly apply for a loan, with funds transferred directly to their MoMo wallet. This service ensures children remain in school even during tough financial times.
A New Era for School Fees Payments
Thanks to MTN MoMo’s partnerships with aggregators like School Pay, school fees payments in Uganda have been revolutionized. The need for cash and bank visits is becoming obsolete as families embrace the safety and convenience of cashless payments. Whether in Kampala or remote villages like Arua, MTN MoMo ensures that school fees payments are accessible, making education more attainable across the country.
Join the Movement with MTN MoMo
MTN MoMo’s Pay School Fees and Win campaign is more than a payment solution—it’s a movement empowering Ugandan families. By offering a secure, cashless way to pay school fees, opportunities to win scholarships, and access to microloans, MTN MoMo is transforming the educational landscape.
Join the thousands of families benefiting from this campaign. Pay school fees with MTN MoMo and stand a chance to win big—all while investing in your child’s future, safely and conveniently.
It is only a matter of days until the anticipated reopening of schools. This follows the presidential address on New Year’s Eve, where he announced that schools would be reopening in January, but also emphasized the need to adhere to SOPs to avoid a surge in Covid-19 infections.
In line with mitigating the spread of coronavirus, MTN MoMo is providing a safe and convenient solution for school fees payment especially for the parents. The solution covers more than 5,000 schools and institutions across the country.
Stephen Mutana, acting Chief Executive Officer, MTN Mobile Money Uganda said using MTN MoMo, parents can pay for their children’s school fees conveniently and securely and receive a notification with a transaction ID to enable them reconcile with the schools.
“Through telecommunications solutions such as MoMo school fees payment, MTN is always looking to simplify and improve the lives of its customers. Parents can simply pay school fees for their children using their phones without enduring the long lines or even leaving their workplace to queue in line to make a payment,” he said noting that the mobile payment solution saves money that would otherwise have been used for transport.
“Travelling long distances to pay school fees is very challenging for parents who have 8am to 5pm jobs because some financial institutions close at 5pm in the evening. For those in the villages, travelling to the nearest financial institution could be very costly coupled with the waiting time in long queues. That is why the mobile money payment solution for school fees is very important for MTN because it makes the life of our customers easier, convenient, and cheaper in cost,” Mutana explained.
In addition to convenience, paying school fees through MoMo mitigates the spread of Covid-19 by preventing congestion of people as they wait in line to make payments.
Mobile Money also mitigates the exchange of cash between different parties, which was one of the ways highlighted as possible causes for transmission of the virus.
How to pay school fees using MTN MoMo
To pay school fees using MTN MoMo, simply dial *165*80# or use MyMTN app.
Enter the student number provided by the school. It will show you the student’s name and class plus outstanding balance.
Once you have confirmed the student details above, you can then enter the amount you want to pay and follow the remaining prompts.
At the end of the entire process, you will receive a text message confirming the success of the payment of school fees to the school.