Following President Museveni’s pronouncement allowing learners in semi-candidate classes to report back to school on March 1, many private and government-funded schools across the country have hiked their tuition fees to cope with the rising operational costs occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic.
Semi-candidate classes include Primary Six, Senior Three, and Senior Five, However a few schools have maintained their previous fees structures.
Mr. Wycliff Makky Twinomujuni, the head teacher of Kashenyi Secondary School, a government-aided school in Ruhinda Sub-county, Rukungiri District, said they increased fees from Shs400.000 to Shs450.000 to cater for extra expenses arising out of the need to observe Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) for learners and their teachers.
President Museveni during the televised address last week observed that schools should observe the SOPs as they wait for the vaccines, which are scheduled to arrive in the country before the end of this month. ENDS
