School-going children. [Photo/international.gc.ca]The biggest headache for most parents with children in learning institutions every new year is where to get fees that can enable them to take their children to school without hitches. This is not a new phenomenon yet annually, parents and guardians run from pillar to post asking where they can get money to pay for their children to learn.The trouble with this approach is that it ends up consuming much of parents’ valuable time which they should have used to do something else. Investment gurus always advise that parents need to plan for the education of their children adequately so as not to suffer any setback.Experience has shown that education can make a lasting difference in children’s lives. Indeed, they say that education is not just good for children, it is good for nations. Investing in education is not just the right thing to do, it is smart economics.It is for this reason why parents need to have a view of various investment options available early enough in order not to distract their children’s education. Principally, the financial market in Kenya comprises commercial banks, non-bank financial institutions, mortgage companies, forex bureaus, development finance institutions, pension schemes, savings and credit co-operative societies (Saccos), the insurance sector and the stock market.Insurance firms, for instance, have different investment plans that guarantee funds for parents or guardians for the provision of their children’s education whether they (parents or guardians) are disabled, alive or not as long as they start paying when the children are still young.However, banks too, have saving investments that parents and guardians can use so that when the time comes, their children can go to school and colleges easily. The only difference with commercial banks is that they may require huge funds to be invested at once.

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