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Parents struggling to pay private school fees amid job losses

Eighty percent of parents are failing to pay school fees in private schools, according to the National Alliance of Independent Schools Association. The association says this has resulted in many teachers losing their jobs and some schools being are on the verge of collapse. It appears that some learners are also being expelled due to unpaid tuition fees. President of the association, Mandla Mthembu, says this is because schools rely […]

17 August 2020

Local

No withholding of report cards: MEC

Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schäfer has urged principals to release the report cards of all pupils, regardless of whether they had outstanding debt with the school or not. "My office received a number of complaints from parents last year that schools had refused to release their children’s reports cards because the parents had not paid outstanding school fees," she said. "This practice is completely unacceptable and will not be […]

6 December 2016

News

WCED assists 97% of fee paying schools

While most Western Cape schools fall within quintile four and five categories (fee-paying), many parents whose children attend these schools are unable to afford annual fees. Despite the existence of quintile one to three schools (no-fee schools), the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) this year increased its subsidization of quintile four and five schools with R47.5 million. There are currently 569 public fee-paying schools in the Western Cape, of which […]

16 November 2016

school fees

Parents struggling to pay private school fees amid job losses

No withholding of report cards: MEC

WCED assists 97% of fee paying schools

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