Some parents and guardians with learners in Kasese district have resorted to bartering for school fees so as to have their children in school as the economic situation in the country bites.
Ms Gladys Tibasima of Rukoki said she had already booked her daughter`s head teacher for a possibility of providing maize flour in exchange for school fees now that the purchasing power had lowered despite the item being less on the market.
Mzee Daniel Masereka of Rugendabara said he was using this dry spell to dry up firewood he thinks will be exchanged for his son`s school fees next term.
Mr. Rauben Isembaleke, the Deputy Head teacher for Garama secondary school in Bwera said school dues as his institution had turned negotiable and bartered over the current biting economic situation.
He said many parents and guardians were bartering Maize, firewood and domestic animals and birds for their children`s school fees.
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Mr. Reuben later said they had begun alternating posho with cassava flour now that parents were failing to clear fees bills at a time commodity prices were increasing each day. Mr. Reuben speaking2…..
Ms Edith Mukandirwa of Karambi prays that learners make good use of their time at school or else, most parents would regret in future.
Mid this week, the Kasese Municipal education officer, Mr. Emmy Kayiri asked parents to sink deeper into their pockets and clear fees balances for their children to enable schools complete this second academic term. END