Ex BCL workers� children owe P11M in school fees

Government is failing to pay school fees for former BCL employees
Government is failing to pay school fees for former BCL employees

SELEBI-PHIKWE: On Monday, Kopano English Medium School summoned former BCL employees to an emergency meeting to inform them of the fact that the Government has not honoured its promise to pay their children’s school fees.

The parents were informed that as a result,  the school was owed P1.2 million for the two terms. The failure to pay, the management told the parents, has put the school in dire financial complications.

A letter that the school head wrote to concerned parents stated that up to now the Government hasnot paid for the ex BCL employees children and that numerous submissions have been made to Government.

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