11 Dec 2014

Assistant Minister of Education and Skills 
Development, Mr Moiseraele Goya says no child should be excluded from
 continuing with schooling or be denied certificates and testimonials on account
of debt owed to schools.

In a
 statement in Parliament on December 10, Mr Goya said all debts resulting from 
failure to pay school fees, loss of both library and textbooks and any other
 incurred by students should be followed up with parents.

He explained 
that in a situation where a child was proceeding from junior secondary school
 to senior secondary school, their names and all other information relating to 
the debt should be forwarded to the senior secondary school they had been admitted
 to.



The assistant minister added that the school where the child had been admitted
 to would pursue the matter with the concerned parents.

“It remains 
the responsibility of both school heads and regional directors to follow up 
with parents to collect monies owed to the schools,” he said. Mr 
Goya further said the ministry had directed school heads through directives and
 savingrams to take heed of such issue and desist from denying students obtaining their certificates or testimonials.

The
 statement, he explained, followed parliamentary questions that had been raised 
and reports that the ministry continued to receive on the issue. ENDS