Phikwe private schools left empty as gov�t stops payments

One of the private schools in the town, Mount Pleasant English Medium held a swimming gala recently to bid farewell to about 120 pupils of former BCL employees who are expected to join government schools in the beginning of next year.

Speaking in an interview, the school director, Egna Swaniker explained that the agreement the government had with the parents was that they were going to help them in paying the school fees for a year only, hence the agreement is coming to an end this year.