Fri, 26 Jan 2018 10:00:40 +0000 REASONABLY pegged school fees and project funds are inevitably required for smooth running of academic activities in a favourable environment. Most schools in the country at various levels have been running the school calendar alongside infrastructure development projects in a more realistic and flexible manner; affordability and attainability are cardinal factors. Shockingly, St Mary’s Secondary School in Lusaka has brazenly pegged project fund at K10,000 per pupils alongside K3,900 user fees. The K10,000 is to be paid before pupils set their feet in classrooms. We are not in any way dismissing the imperative need to develop school infrastructure, but we are standing with the majority of parents who are calling for the downward adjustment of this outrageous figure. The Catholic Church-run school must forthwith revisit this unrealistic and choking demand! For a long time, the Catholic Church has been offering high quality social services even in the rural outposts […]
