Private school fees jump eight percent
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
The numbers are contained in the Bank of Botswana’s (BoB) 2018 Monetary Policy Statement launched by governor, Moses Pelaelo earlier this morning.
Data from BoB indicates that school fees went up by 8.5% over the same period last year. The increases, according to the central bank, added 0.11 percent to inflation in the first quarter of the year.
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