Shupavu Now Serves 1,022 Schools and 40,000 Learners: What Schools Should Know
About 1,022 schools and about 40,000 learners now use Shupavu, the school management platform built for Kenyan schools. If you are a head, bursar, teacher or parent, the useful question is what the platform does for your school today, what it costs per term and how to test it before you commit.
About 1,022 schools and about 40,000 learners now use Shupavu, the school management platform built for Kenyan schools. If you are a head, bursar, teacher or parent, the useful question is what the platform does for your school today, what it costs per term and how to test it before you commit.
Shupavu Education Desk · 3 October 2026
What this means. A platform used by about 1,022 schools is worth a proper look, and it has kept adding tools for the three-term Kenyan school year. The right test is still your own: does it fit how your school runs fees, marks, attendance and timetables?
What Shupavu does for each person in the school
One platform now covers the daily work of the principal, bursar, teacher, parent and learner, each with their own access.

One platform, four roles: principals, bursars, teachers and parents.
- Principals — one view of fees, attendance and academics instead of three separate files.
- Bursars — M-Pesa fee collection, balances and reminders, so parents can pay and the record updates.
- Teachers — marks, attendance and class lists for CBC exams and report cards, plus timetables.
- Parents — pay fees, receive SMS updates and check a child’s progress through the parent app.
How the platform has grown since April 2026
Growth is not only the number of schools: the toolset has widened in plain, practical steps.
- April 2026 — a mobile web app experience, M-Pesa payment prompts for subscription billing, push notifications and an automatic timetable generator.
- May 2026 — report cards, parent and learner portals, classroom assignments with class messaging, and staff invite links by SMS or email.
- June and July 2026 — pay links for invoices, collaboration boards for classwork, automatic marking of suitable classwork answers, bursaries and practice quizzes.
- August and September 2026 — stronger timetable tools including PDF output, live quizzes for the classroom, assessment bundles for holiday and term packs, and head-of-school assignments for the whole school.
Features differ by plan, so ask which of these are included in the plan you are considering.
How a school gets started
Start with the free trial, set up one term’s worth of data, then move fees and exams across.

How a school gets started: free trial, setup, then fees and exams.
- Free trial — try Shupavu with your own classes before paying anything.
- Plans — Starter costs KSh 1,000 per term for up to 150 students and covers fees tracking, attendance and marks, parent app access and basic reports. School costs KSh 2,700 per term for up to 1,000 students and adds M-Pesa fee collection, exams and report cards, announcements to parents, advanced reports and priority support.
- Setup — add classes, students and teachers, and invite staff by SMS or email.
- Fees and exams — switch on fee collection and enter marks for one real class first, then widen to the whole school.
What this is not. It is not a claim of government endorsement or approval, and it is not a ranking of school software. The school and learner counts are approximate figures supplied by Shupavu management, not an audited report. Nothing here changes your school’s fee policy, and Shupavu does not decide what you charge parents.
Is Shupavu right for your school?

Five checks before you choose a school management platform.
- Count your students, so you know whether Starter (up to 150) or School (up to 1,000) fits.
- List what you need most: M-Pesa fee collection, CBC report cards, attendance, timetables or parent SMS.
- Ask the bursar and one teacher to test the free trial with real records.
- Check that parents can pay by M-Pesa from a phone.
- Confirm the plan, the price per term and the support terms in writing before you pay.
- Keep passwords and one-time codes private, and never share them with anyone who offers a “discount”.
- Refuse brokers or resellers selling accounts or paid shortcuts. Deal with Shupavu directly.
Next step. This week, start the free trial with one class, one bursar and one teacher. To talk it through, contact Shupavu CEO Dennis Kibiwott on 0719611966.


