A consumer number is a bank-ready reference printed on each EDUBase fee challan. Parents enter it at a branch, ATM, mobile app or 1Bill/1LINK channel, and the payment is posted to the challan automatically.
What is a consumer number on a school fee voucher?
A consumer number is the reference a bank or payment aggregator uses to find one specific bill. It works like the reference on a utility bill. The parent does not type the student's name or the amount. They enter the number, and the system shows what is due.
In EDUBase, each challan prints a bank-ready consumer number. Partner banks and payment aggregators can look this number up and accept payment against it.
What does 1Bill have to do with it?
1Bill is a bill-payment network. Banks and aggregators connect to it so that a customer can pay many different bills from one place. 1LINK is a related interbank network.
EDUBase vouchers can be paid through 1Bill and 1LINK channels, reached through the integrated partners: HBL, Bank Alfalah, Meezan Bank, PayPro and KuickPay.
How does a parent pay using the consumer number?
The parent takes the consumer number from the printed voucher. They then pay it through whichever channel is convenient. The voucher is the only thing they need to carry or photograph.
- Branch: give the cashier the consumer number from the voucher.
- ATM: choose the bill payment option and enter the consumer number.
- Mobile banking app: open the bill payment section, choose the school fee or 1Bill option, and enter the consumer number.
- 1Bill/1LINK channel: use any channel that supports these bill payments and enter the same number.
- Check the name and amount shown on screen before confirming, then keep the payment confirmation.
What happens at the school after the parent pays?
When the parent pays, the bank calls EDUBase, the challan is marked paid, and the finance ledger is updated. Nobody at the school has to enter the payment by hand.
Bank inquiry and payment calls are answered in real time. The payment appears in Paid Challans and Payment History straight away. It also shows in Day Wise Paid Challans, so the daily cash-up covers bank and counter payments in one report.
Can a family be charged twice for the same challan?
EDUBase protects against this. A challan that is already paid answers as paid to any later inquiry, so a second payment against it is not invited.
Bank collection is enabled per school and per bank. The school keeps taking counter payments alongside it, so parents who prefer to pay in person are not left out.
Can parents use other payment or wallet apps?
Parents often ask whether a particular wallet or payment app can pay a school fee through 1Bill. EDUBase states that the consumer number works through the partner banks and aggregators and, through them, 1Bill and 1LINK channels. It does not publish a list of individual wallet apps.
Whether a given app lets a parent pay a 1Bill-type bill depends on that app. Ask your bank or the EDUBase team before telling parents which apps to use.
How does a school start using bank collection?
EDUBase configures the routing with the school's bank, shares test vouchers and confirms the bank's inquiry and payment tests before vouchers go live. Terms and costs are discussed with sales, not on this page.
Ways a parent can pay an EDUBase fee voucher
| Payment route | What the parent does | What the school does |
|---|---|---|
| Bank branch | Gives the consumer number to the cashier | Nothing; the payment is posted automatically |
| ATM | Chooses bill payment and enters the consumer number | Nothing; the payment is posted automatically |
| Mobile banking app | Enters the consumer number under bill payment | Nothing; the payment is posted automatically |
| 1Bill/1LINK channel | Enters the consumer number in the channel | Nothing; the payment is posted automatically |
| School counter | Pays against the printed challan | Takes full or partial payment and prints the receipt |
Related modules
- Bank Fee Collection — Parents pay at the bank, in their banking app or at a kiosk; EDUBase posts it automatically.
- Fee Management & Challans — Fee plans, monthly challans, discounts, family payments and receipts, without spreadsheets.
- Fee Automation — Let the system generate challans, apply late fees and chase defaulters on schedule.
- Fee Reports & Defaulters — Know what was billed, what was collected and who still owes, per class, family or month.
- Finance & Accounting — Chart of accounts, journals, ledgers, trial balance, P&L and balance sheet, fed by fees and payroll.