A Non-Governmental Organisation, Advocacy For Good Governance (AFGG), has appealed to the Ebonyi Government to cut down the boarding/ school fees hike in the state’s 36 boarding secondary schools.
The Coordinator of the group, Mr Okenwa Uka, made the comment in an interview today.
“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 term.
“The development is not only sad but disheartening and capable of eroding the objective of establishing the boarding schools.
“Access to sound education is the right of every child hence as an organisation committed to enthronement of good governance, we are urging the Ebonyi government to rescind its decision,” he said.
Uka also appealed to the government to consider the plight of the students on foreign scholarships, who were stranded due to the inability of government to pay their tuition fees.
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