GOVERNMENT must intervene and end the confusion in Chongwe where learners who opt to be day scholars have been denied places at a boarding school.This has obviously left many parents frustrated and question whether the government is genuine when it says education is free.They are in a quandary.They find themselves stuck with no solution in sight as Chongwe Secondary School only wants to admit pupils in boarding school that goes with a K1, 000 cost as boarding fee.But this is a fee that most parents cannot afford, and would rather their children attend school as day scholars for which there are no fees involved.We feel it is not fair that the children cannot be enrolled at the nearest secondary school.They must instead pay the K1, 000 boarding fee. They are actually being held to ransom.This is in direct contravention of Government policy of free education and parents who cannot afford the required fee have appealed to […]
BOARDING FEES RIDDLE
