Govt threatens to deregister ‘extortionist’ private schools

PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema has threatened to deregister private schools demanding “extortionist” fees for e-learning programmes, taking advantage of the current lockdown.

Schools were supposed to open last week for the second term, but remain closed as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak which has kept millions of learners globally out of the classroom.

A number of private schools have commenced e-learning, but there are complaints from parents and guardians that
the fees demanded, even in foreign currency, were exorbitant.

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