The Federal Government has said that private school owners
are entitled to charge fees for the third term as schools start resuming for
exit classes.
The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka
Nwajiuba, said this at the media briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF)
on COVID-19 in Abuja on Monday.
Nwajiuba was reacting to a question on if it was proper for
private schools to charge a third term fee since the period the exit students would
spend in school was short.
He said that private school owners were running a business
venture and not a charity organisation.
The Minister said: “For public institutions, we can’t tell
you that we charge school fees, as most of our schools are free. Public schools
are free and vary from state to state.
“But when you go into a contractual relationship with a
school owner, a school owner is a passionate person but is also a business
person. He or she is not running a charity organisation, they may be charitable
in its approach, but it’s not charity.
“So, it’s important that you appreciate that a private
school is entitled to charge fees for the work they do. The person that runs a
school may be passionate about education but will still charge fees.”
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