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Raising school fees torments many Africans. Some expect the Catholic Church to do more to help
KAMPALA: A crying parent with an unpaid tuition balance walked into the staff room of a Catholic private school and begged the teachers to help enroll her son. The school’s policy required the woman pay at least 60 percent of her son’s full tuition bill before he could join the student body. She didn’t have the money and was led away. “She was pleading, ‘Please help me,’” said Beatrice Akite, a teacher at St. Kizito Secondary School in Uganda’s capital city, who witnessed the outburst. “It was very embarrassing.
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arabnews.com
Raising school fees torments many Africans. Some expect the Catholic Church to do more to help
KAMPALA: A crying parent with an unpaid tuition balance walked into the staff room of a Catholic private school and begged the teachers to help enroll her son. The school’s policy…
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thehindu.com
Rising tuition fees in Catholic schools push African families to the brink
Catholic schools in Uganda face criticism for high tuition fees, risking exclusion of poor families, sparking concerns of privatisation.