By William Madouk<\/p>\n
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Although government of South Sudan rolled out free and compulsory education at primary and secondary levels at public schools, parents still deep hands into their pockets to pay some cash.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n This act jumbles the mind of many, why they still part with money when schools are supposed to be totally free as per the presidential order and national ministry of General Education instructions.<\/p>\n Elucidating upon this, according to the director of Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) at Supiri, Mr. Daniel Samson Mori, what parents are paying now is not school fees but rather parents\u2019 contributions.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t call it school fees but a contribution fund within the government school, at the first time it was ssp45000,\u201d said Mori.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen private schools saw that teachers are coming back to government schools, they increase their money and parents also conduct their meeting and increased parents\u2019 contribution to SSP80000,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Mori noted that PTA decided on the matter because a good number of teachers were seen migrating to private schools in search for greener pastures leaving learners at public at mercy of God.<\/p>\n \u201cAs parents they would like to help teachers in school were their children are studying,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n According to him, the parents\u2019 contribution funds enable schools to fill drums of waters, pay for volunteer teachers among other school necessities.<\/p>\n \u201cBut it is not by force! anyone who can bring SSP30000 can be received; SSP20000 or SSP50000 it can be received, if it is all SSP80000 it\u2019s okay, according to the situation and those who don\u2019t have totally are not threaten to be chase away – they continue with their studies,\u201d Mori stressed.<\/p>\n Mr. Mori SSP80000 is a yearly contribution funds meant for those at secondary schools meanwhile, primary charge SSP35000 or less but based on the PTA\u2019 agreed amount of money.<\/p>\n He cited that at the beginning the idea was resisted by the Central Equatoria State government, forcing teachers and PTA to conduct a meeting with the first undersecretary at national ministry of General Education over the matter.<\/p>\n \u201cYa Daniel he [1st undersecretary] asked what is that money given for? I told him Mr.\u00a0 Undersecretary you have heard from them that they want to assist teachers,\u201d he narrated.<\/p>\n However, some report indicated that some school children are chased away from the school for failing not pay what they call \u2018parents contribution funds\u2019<\/p>\n The national ministry of general Education and Instruction is yet to comment over the matter, whether this money has legality and parents should continue to pay.<\/p>\n On several occasions, the minister of education, Awut Deng Acuil warned schools from collecting money from pupils\u2019 parents, or risk a stern punishment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By William Madouk Although government of South Sudan rolled out free and compulsory education at primary and secondary levels at public schools, parents still deep hands into their pockets to pay some cash. 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