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In Lagos, Jigawa, and Delta states, the pupils will resume for a fresh session today; while in Ogun, Kano, Enugu, Kaduna, Anambra and others, school resumes next week.
Administrator of Grace Schools, Gbagada, Mrs. Iyiola Edun, said defaulting or inconsistence in school fee payment started being a problem almost a decade ago. She said in an interview that many schools, including hers, have had to become flexible to allow payment in instalments. The school runs three primary schools located in Omole Phase 1 Estate, Omole Phase 2 Estate, and the Central Business District , Agidingbi, which also houses its secondary school, Mind Builders High School.
Falore claimed that the wards of some parents, who still owed last session’s fees, would not be allowed in school should they come in. He said the directive worked as five of the 11 parents with outstanding fees paid up. “The school has been painted, renovated. We get loans from EDFIN , Axiom Micro Finance Bank to beautify the school. Sterling Bank, Ecobank also give loans – even Polaris has joined. EDFIN and Axiom give us loans with interest of 2.4 to four per cent monthly; while Sterling, Ecobank and Polaris give us at 18-25 per cent per annum,” he said.
“We tell parents to pay within the first two weeks of resumption. But it has never worked. By mid-term, they must have paid 50 per cent. After mid-term, we drive the children because if you don’t drive them you won’t be able to repay the loans you took,” he said. “At the moment, on our school fees drive for low income schools, we have N939, 689. We are dealing with those schools that charge N5, 000 and below. That amount is already able to pay for almost 80 kids.
“A lot of schools are also introducing the gradual payment methods; a lot of them are showing special consideration for parents. If they do not, some children will be unable to resume.” “The government audits our account. One civil servant came and asked why we paid so much to buy pepper one particular year and asked if we paid withholding tax for the pepper. Civil servants are the problem.
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