Principals defy Education Ministry, increase school fees

Students of St Mathias Busia High School keenly follow a past proceedings.

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Principals of many schools across the country have asked parents to pay extra school fees outside the official figures set by the Ministry of Education, citing inadequate allocation of funds by the government.

Investigations by the Business Daily reveal that schools have devised various methods to charge the extra levies and avoid detection by auditors or punishment by the State. Others have formalised the fees increase by making the parents ascent to the changes during annual general meetings.

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