Juba, 11 May, 2021 / 9:18 pm (ACI Africa).
Catholic schools in South Sudan’s Metropolitan Archdiocese of Juba have distinguished themselves for providing quality education at reduced charges amid concerns that private schools are hiking school fees in the country.
Parents and guardians with school going children in South Sudan’s private schools have complained that the learning institutions are charging them highly as schools reopen after COVID-19 lockdown.
In an interview with ACI Africa last week after the South Sudanese government ordered schools to reduce their charges, the Director for Education in the Catholic Archdiocese of Juba, Fr. Gabriel Asida, said, “The school fees in all our schools is below the expectation of the government. In fact, we are the ones asking for small amounts from students in South Sudan.”
South Sudan’s government, through the Ministry of General Education and Instruction, ordered, on Thursday, May 6, that all private schools in the country lower school fees and accept South Sudanese Pounds as opposed to their requirement that tuition fees be paid in US Dollars.
In the ministerial order, the government stated that it had received complaints from parents across the country that some private schools were charging very high school fees.
