School payroll
School payroll software calculates every staff member's monthly pay, deducts statutory items such as PAYE, pension and NHF correctly, and produces payslips and a bank file for disbursement. Safeticha's payroll is built into the same platform that runs attendance, fees and report cards, so staff records never have to be re-entered.
6 bands
PAYE bands under the Nigeria Tax Act 2025
8% + 10%
Default pension, employee plus employer
Payslips, emailed or previewed first
CSV
Bank transfer file for any Nigerian bank
Definition
Payroll for a school is not the same as payroll for a company. Teachers start mid-term, part-time staff are paid for the sessions they teach, salary advances are common before Christmas and Easter, and the bursar often doubles as the HR office. School payroll software handles those cases while keeping the statutory maths right.
In Nigeria that maths changed on 1 January 2026, when the Nigeria Tax Act 2025 replaced the old Personal Income Tax Act bands and abolished the Consolidated Relief Allowance. Safeticha ships both rulesets, applies the right one by pay date, and keeps old payslips reproducible under the rules that applied at the time.
What you get
Set up once, then each month is compute, review, approve, pay.
01
PAYE under the Nigeria Tax Act 2025: 0% on the first ₦800,000 a year, then 15%, 18%, 21%, 23% and 25% bands, with rent relief of 20% of rent paid, capped at ₦500,000. The pre-2026 PITA rules are kept for older periods.
02
Pension at 8% employee and 10% employer by default, NHF at 2.5%, NHIS, NSITF and ITF where the school has enrolled, each switchable with its own rate.
03
Basic, housing, transport, meal and any allowance you define, fixed or as a percentage of basic, per employee.
04
Mid-month starters and leavers are pro-rated automatically. One-off bonuses, deductions and arrears are added per run with an audit trail.
05
Staff loans and salary advances with a repayment schedule that deducts itself each month and stops when settled.
06
PDF payslips with the school logo. Send them automatically when a run is paid, or preview every payslip first and send when you are ready.
07
Export a bank-ready CSV of net pay by account number, or disburse by Paystack transfer, then mark the run paid.
08
Compute, submit, approve and mark paid as separate steps with separate permissions, and a full history of who changed what.
09
Every staff member sees their own payslips and year-to-date totals in the Safeticha app.
How it works
Staff already in Safeticha become payroll employees in one click, with bank details, tax state and salary lines. Bulk import handles the rest.
Safeticha builds every payslip: gross, each deduction, tax and net, pro-rated for anyone who joined or left during the month.
The accountant checks the totals and adjustments, submits, and an approver signs it off. Nothing is paid until that happens.
Export the bank file or pay through Paystack, mark the run paid, and payslips go out by email and in-app, automatically or after your preview.
Side by side
| Excel or manual | Safeticha | |
|---|---|---|
| PAYE under the 2026 rules | Re-built by hand each January | Applied automatically by pay date |
| Mid-month starters | Calculated by the bursar | Pro-rated automatically |
| Payslips | Typed, printed or sent one by one | PDF, emailed in a batch or previewed first |
| Bank payments | Typed into the bank portal | CSV export or Paystack transfer |
| Who approved what | Nobody knows | Audit log on every run |
| Staff questions | Walk to the bursar's office | Payslips in the staff app |
Pricing
Safeticha is priced per school, not per module. Payroll, fees, invoicing, receipts, report cards, attendance, CBT exams and safeguarding are all part of the same school plan, which is tiered by pupil count and starts at ₦37,500 a month.
New schools get a 10-day onboarding period and a further 30 days of use before the first charge, so the first bill lands on day 40. Billing is monthly from the school wallet with no lock-in contract.
School plans from
₦37,500 / month
FAQ
Yes. The Nigeria Tax Act 2025 took effect on 1 January 2026. Safeticha applies its bands (0% up to ₦800,000, then 15%, 18%, 21%, 23% and 25%) and its rent relief for 2026 pay periods, and the older PITA bands with the Consolidated Relief Allowance for periods before that.
Yes. A part-time employment type with a fixed or variable basic is supported, and one-off adjustments cover extra sessions in a given month.
Yes. Payslip delivery can be set to manual. The run page then shows every payslip for preview, and you send them to staff when you are satisfied. In automatic mode they go out as soon as the run is marked paid or approved, whichever you choose.
No. Most schools export the bank transfer CSV and upload it to their bank. Paystack transfers are an option for schools that prefer it.
No. Payroll is part of every Safeticha school plan, which starts at ₦37,500 a month and is tiered by pupil count.
Keep reading
Bring last month's payroll sheet to a demo. We will set it up live and show you the difference.