Tag: School fees

Kaduna: Govt warns private schools against raising fees without official approval

Aminu Imam
Kaduna Govt warns

The Kaduna State government has warned private school owners across the state against arbitrarily increasing tuition fees without first obtaining official approval from the Kaduna State Schools Quality Assurance Authority, (KSSQAA). In a circular dated September 7, 2023, the authority said it had observed that some proprietors were adjusting fees in violation of existing regulations. The letter, with reference number KSSQAA/GEN.37/VOL.I, reminded school proprietors that their initial approval documents explicitly prohibit any fee increment or institutional upgrade without clearance from the regulator. The directive, signed by the Director of the…

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Kano suspends fee increment by private schools operators

Aminu Imam

Kano State government has ordered immediate suspension of increment of school fees at all private primary and secondary schools. Special Adviser to Kano State Governor on Private Schools, Comrade Baba Abubakar Umar, who stated this yesterday, said the State has commenced issuance of application forms for the registration of private schools in the State since the withdrawal of certificate of operations of the school by the government announced on Saturday. The State government also said the sale of books and uniforms by private schools have been put on hold. “The…

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Tuition Fee still free in Unity Schools FG

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government says tuition fee for students of Unity colleges across the country remains free while it only reviewed boarding and text book fees. The government also said that it added uniform fee for the new student in Junior Secondary school one and Senior Secondary school one in the new school fees regime to address concerns of parent paying uniform fees into separate accounts and also to end too much disparity in uniform of students. According to reports, the circular, titled: Approved fees/ charges for Federal Unity Colleges (1st…

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