Parents with children in some of the private schools have expressed their reservations after they were issued with three fresh demands on school fees which they must fulfill upon Monday, October 12, opening. Reports indicate that some private schools, mostly located in Nairobi, are demanding that the parents settle their second term fees in full when schools reopen. A teacher and students inside a classroom at Kawangware Primary School, Nairobi, on October 5, 2015. A school head at Nova Pioneer Schools also indicated that the institution was reviewing its second term fees upwards. This comes as some 54,000 learners from private schools remain stranded as 200 private institutions permanently shut down due to economic downtime caused by Covid-19 pandemic.

Source: Daily Nation October 08, 2020 04:51 UTC