No plans to introduce school fees

PAC Committee PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
PAC Committee PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The permanent secretary at the Ministry of Basic Education (MoBE) Dr Colley Monkge told the Public Accounting Committee (PAC) that his ministry does not have any intention of introducing school fees in public schools.

Monkge wa responding to the Member of Parliament for Nata/Gweta Polson Majaga who asked him if his ministry was not considering introducing school fees in public schools so that parents may partake in their children’s education. Majaga who is a member of PAC further stated that private schools perform much better than public schools because parents ensure that their children perform well academically and therefore getting value for their money. 

“Can’t you at least introduce a little school fees because currently more especially in primary schools, parents pay around P30 for development fees. They do not care if their children pass or fail because they are not paying for their education. If they can pay P200 or maybe P300 maybe they will care. Looking at the country, money is the problem. We have to therefore lobby for money in other countries when we could be introducing a little school fees that would help with the financial challenges we are facing,” he said. 

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