Kapiri Mposhi District Commissioner, Peter Mwiinde, said he is disappointed that some parents in the district were still reluctant to pay school fees even after government reduced the fees to manageable levels.
Mr Mwiinde has since implored parents and guardians to comply and pay school fees for their children especially that government reduced the fees early this year.
The DC observed that the non-payment of school fees by some parents and guardians has made it difficult for school managements to provide certain services due to lack of funds.
“My office is receiving a lot of reports from schools of failure to pay casual workers and to pay for utilities such as electricity and water due to lack of money because parents are not paying user fees for their children”, Mr Mwiinde said.
Mr Mwiinde urged parents who are engaged in subsistence farming to pay school fees for their children by contributing a bag of maize or livestock which schools can translate into cash.
“Parents are key partners in the provision of education through cost sharing and that’s why government reduced the fees to minimize the cost of education on the part of the parents towards the education of their children.” Mr Mwiinde said.
Early this year government announced the reduction in school fees paid in public and grant aided schools to K150 in schools in remote areas and K200 user fees in other schools per term.
And Mr Mwiinde has directed school managements not to send away children whose parents have not paid school fees.
Well done parents. A presidents buys a plane and expects poor people to pay school fees? What a bafoon
Government is still reluctant to pay salaries…
I will be going to home hold seminars in each province to educate every voter what HAZALUZA HAGAIN means & why they should NOT vote for the BOY. If you show a person the kitchen and he steals from you, NEVER show him your bedroom. I will even go to Eastern Province to teach the people maybe they thought they were putting an X on the PRIVATISATION THIEF BUT WERE VOTING FOR THE TRIBAL CHIEF’s henchman.
The school fees are just chewed by tu ma head teacher
Lungu hos PF ni ba chimbwi chabe.
How on earth do they expect parents to pay fees when Lungu s PF fails to pay salaries or farmers for their produce on time?
PF is a government of thieves by thieves.
Any one supporting PF needs their mental capacity checked asap
It’s a choice between food and school fees. They can’t afford fees, period!!
They deserve free education, we cannot be forcing people to pay in a country with very high unemployment. Next time people if someone offers you free education go for it, now you are being forced to pay, while they enjoy everything for free and travel in large entourages abroad.
Government still reluctant to pay living wage.
And Mr Mwiinde has directed school managements not to send away children whose parents have not paid school fees. This is also the reason.
Another one: Parents are seeing how politicians are greedy over government resources. They dont have enough money to pay they are struggling to survive after all.
Disaster!!!!
They are not reluctant, they just dont have.
Former SOS school in Lusaka is still charging K1500 per month with the blessing of the ministry of education
Per Term
Engange the parents they will tell you why. I don’t think “reluctant” is the right word.
That’s why all schools have been directed to revamp production unit in the back yards
Consult the P.S Mr.Jobbicks he will advise you how to do it for your school to afford pay your utility bills
Just because you can afford kaya K2000 for a weekend out doesn’t mean those parents can afford K200. Bane pali njala pa Zed mumvelako cabe. Don’t joke. When those guys get really angry muzatawa na ma sapato ku manja. Bassop!
Southern Province they have started increasing school fees Batoka High school they have increased.
Comment:why is hellen kaunda correcting k800 per year if the school fees are k200 per term?
If indeed they reduced school fees. Then it is good. However, loss of business, higher cost of commodities have negated in increase by far.