MONROVIA – The Ministry of Education has commissioned a Taskforce to investigate concerns from parents and students about an abnormal hike in fees by some schools. Speaking at a press conference today, September 16, 2019, the Acting Minister of Education, Honorable Latim Dathong cautioned any such administrators of public, private, faith-based and community schools to remain honest and desist from exploiting students. He added that the fees charged by a school must commensurate to the services provided.
Honorable Dathong used the medium to announce the establishment of a Taskforce mandated to probe complaints of abnormal hike in school fees nation-wide and report to the Senior Management Team of the Ministry within 21 days. The Taskforce is authorized to compare recent fees charged by schools, analyze and report any variance. The exercise is meant to gauge details of fees charged by a school for last academic year compared to the current. The Acting Minister confirmed that once a school is flagged for
Meanwhile, in a rather emotional tone, Acting Minister Dathong frowned on any politician who wants to use the education system to score political points by releasing unsubstantial information to the public. He further added that the excellence of the work of the like of Minister Sonii, himself and other ministers of the Ministry of Education within the private sector resulted to the president, His Excellency George Manneh Weah’s recognition and subsequent appointments. Minister Dathong insisted that regardless of the political atmosphere or the political aisle one finds him/herself, education must at all time be treated with morals and not mere politics.
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