Guidelines

Admission & Fees Payments

At Serian Business and Technology College, we are committed to fostering a workplace where every team member feels valued, supported, and empowered to grow. Our culture encourages innovation, collaboration, and professional excellence, ensuring that everyone can reach their full potential while contributing to our shared success.

Admissions Guidelines

A candidate must satisfy the general admission criteria for Diploma and Certificate programmes. 

Admission Requirements for Diploma programme

  1. A mean grade of D and above in KCSE OR
  2. A certificate of foundation or bridging courses from recognised institutions OR
  3. A portfolio for the purpose of recognition of prior learning.

Admission Requirements for Certificate programme

  • KCPE certificate OR
  • A portfolio for the purpose of recognition of prior learning 

SBTC provides for Online admission and thus encourage potential applicants to check admission requirements to the program of interest, which includes:

  1. providing past academic records, digital passport photograph, National Identity card/Passport or Birth certificate and Bank slip or fee Payment details.
  2. Complete the online application forms, checking all the details while filling out the application form to be accurate and uploading required documents and submit.
  3. This will be followed by tracking the application online.

To be registered into the program of choice, the applicant shall:

  1. Produce a valid fee statement from the student finance office showing clearance for registration and present original documents for verification.
  2. College registration must be done within the first four (4) weeks of each term.
  3. Registration for course units shall be done within the first three (3) weeks of the term subject to the fulfillment of the school/institute registration requirements.
  4. Course registrations do not qualify a student to sit for the University examinations.
  5. Any student who has fee arrears from the previous term will not be allowed to register or proceed to the next term until they have cleared the outstanding fees; such a student would be advised to apply for academic leave on financial grounds.
Fees Payments Guidelines
  •  The deadline for payment of full fees shall be the expiry of the 50% of the semester period.
  • For a student with exceptional case, MUST OBTAIN APPROVAL from Principal liaison with Finance Officer to make arrangements in writing on the mode of payment which will be strictly followed and enforced. However, despite the arrangements, the student will not be allowed to sign the nominal roll until full payment is made.
  • For those students who cannot meet the above obligation, are advised to defer the programme.
  1. Acc name: Serian Business and Technology College
  2. Acc No: 066000084031
  3. Bank: Family Bank Branch: Ongata Rongai
  1. For continuing students, excess fees shall be carried forward to the next semester/ year. No refunds shall be made.
  2. Final year students shall apply for refund of excess fees. Where such excess fees arise from bursaries received from sponsoring bodies like HELB, CDF and any other sponsoring Body, refunds of such fees shall be made to the sponsoring body after clearance.
  3. Where a sponsoring Body gives an approval in writing the refund can be made to the student.
  1. No student is allowed to transfer his/her fee to another student.
  2. The college shall refund any excess fees to the sponsors /donors for reallocation to other specified needy students.

In the event of non-payment, action will be taken to recover all amounts due to the college:

  1. Refund of fees may arise out of a student withdrawal from college, overpayment of fees or if a student is deceased.
  2. Fees refunds shall be payable to the sponsor by cheque upon receipt of a written request.
  3. The college does not make fees refunds to individual students.
  1. In the event a student withdraws from the college (s)he will be permitted to a refund.
  2. The percentage of refund is based on the total amount due for the semester as well as the period that the student will have covered in the semester as shown below:
  3. Those who withdraw before the start of the semester will be refunded all fees paid less administration costs
  4. For those who withdraw after the semester has started, the following fees will not be refunded: registration, student identification card, students union,
  5.  Tuition fees and other refundable charges will be subject to the following refund criteria, 75% refund during the first week of the semester, 50% refund during the second week of the semester, 25% refund during the third week of the semester, and No refund after the fourth week
  6. Where a student is discontinued on disciplinary or on academic grounds, no refund shall be made for the semester he/she was discontinued.
  7. Where a student is discontinues due to personal reasons or transfer to another institution during the semester, a refund of tuition fees will be done on prorata basis.

Note: i) All those withdrawing their enrolment must complete the clearance process within one week otherwise they shall be deemed to have continued with their studies.

          ii) The mode of refund shall be by cheque

          iii) Students are allowed to pay fees in advance. However, the advance payment will not exempt any student from meeting the fee changes effected from time to time as new fee payment rates are released in the intervening period.

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