We Are Working On The Issue Of Exorbitant School Fees – Government

Posted by: Suubi Anne in Education February 25, 2022

The government has said it is working towards regulating school fees which has become a problem to so many people. The government was sued for failure to regulate fees charged by schools and institutions of higher learning in the country.

Two lawyers including Michael Aboneka and Andrew Karamagi together with officials from the Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER) dragged government to court for this cause.

In defense, the government through an affidavit sworn by Irumba Roger Kaija, the undersecretary in the Ministry of Education and Sports said in April 2021.

It apparently constituted a committee of technical officers to draft statutory instruments to regulate among others school fees.

“The committee will regulate school charges payable in pre-primary, primary and post-secondary institutions. The committee will also look into the composition, procedures, and functions of boards of governors. And management committees, their establishment and appointment,” Irumba said in the affidavit.

“Also, the committee has also considered the prevailing circumstances in the education sector. It is in the final process of issuing statutory instruments concerning the regulation of affairs therein,” he added.

Parents have complained enough about fees and government together with the Ministry of Education has been quiet. It is only after suing them that they revealed that they are working on this issue.

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