A Non-Governmental Organisation, Advocacy For Good Governance (AFGG), has appealed to the Ebonyi Government to revert the boarding/ school fees hike in the state’s 36 boarding secondary schools.
The Coordinator of the group, Mr Okenwa Uka, made the appeal in an interview with newsmen on Saturday in Abakaliki.
Uka said that as a result of the increase, many students whose parents and guardians could not afford the current boarding/school fee had not gone back to school six weeks after resumption.
He urged the Umahi’s administration to revert to the old boarding/school fees of N5,000 per term to save the future of the affected school children.
“The past administration of former Gov. Martin Elechi converted some pilot secondary schools in the state into model boarding schools with a tuition fee of N5, 000, per term, but the present administration increased it to N16, 000 per…
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