Recession: Association urges private school proprietors not to hike fees.
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Schools
Akwanga (Nasarawa), Oct 14, 2016 (NAN) Dr. Sali Nkem-Aduku, National President of the Association of Private Schools Proprietors has appealed to his members against an increase of school fees at this period of economic recession.
Nkem-Aduku stated this at the 2016 celebration of the association in Akwanga on Friday
Represented by Harrison Eze, Nasarawa State Assistant Secretary-General of the association, Nkem-Aduku urged the proprietors to look inward for other sources of revenue to keep their businesses afloat.
“We should try to be innovative and prudent in the management of our schools to ensure we charge parents affordable school fees that will not be a burden to them despite recession,” he said
He advised against increase in school fees, stressing that it would attract withdrawal of children from schools.
According to him, “we should not use the present economic predicament as an excuse to deny children of less privileged quality education”.
He assured that proprietors of private schools wuold continue to do their best in imparting sound education and good moral values in young minds.
The national president, however, urged government at all levels to consider them as partners in nation building.
The Chief Inspector of Education, Akwanga Local Government Area, Alhaji Dauda Mohammed, urged owners of the schools to register their institutions with relevant authorities.
He stressed the importance of private institutions in providing both sound academic knowledge to students and creating job opportunities for the teaming youths in the state.
Muhammad also lamented that some proprietors had refused to comply with laid down rules and regulations of the state Ministry of Education
He said that the area office was saddled with the responsibility of monitoring and supervising schools and would not relent in exercising its core mandate to any ailing schools.(NAN)
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Edited by Idris Abdulrahman