CHALLENGE The school year is measured out with frequent requests for contributions towards field trips, book loan systems, tours, sports or after-school activities. This is true for parents of schoolchildren, administrators and secretaries alike. Payment reminders are usually sent in envelopes, which often get stuffed into schoolbags. Many are only remembered when parents drop their children at the school gates, leaving them no choice but to hand children the cash there and then. Managing payments creates weeks of administrative work for schools, from set up to notifying parents, to managing the receipt of monies. Keeping accurate records and assigning payments to the right activity, as well as following up outstanding contributions, is extremely time consuming. There are al

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