The Equal Opportunities Commission has tasked the Ministry of Education and Sports to enforce no increment of school fees in private and public institutions of learning in 2023.
According to the Commission, they have sampled 65 Government aided and private schools across the country and established the unfair school increment that needs immediate redress to ensure universal access to educational opportunities in the country.
While addressing journalists at Uganda Media Centre yesterday, Joel Cox Ojuko, the Commission’s Vice Chairperson called for a review of the current education policies to enable the government to expeditiously reign over errant education institutions. Mr. Cox on fees increment…
The Commission revealed that only 65 percent of parents were able to offset school dues for their children in the 2022 academic year, an indication that if the increments continue unrestricted in 2023 it will become a habit for schools to the loss of parents.
The Minister of ICT and National Guidance Dr. Chris Baryomunsi told journalists that unfair school fees in the country is already before the Cabinet pending resolution. Dr. Baryomunsi on fees ……
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