FG BANS PTA FEES IN UNITY SCHOOLS.

Following the complaints of parents concerning the ridiculousness of Unity Schools fees. The Federal Government has put a halt to PTA fees and reduce development fees  to N5000 in all Unity Schools. The Minister of Education, Malam Amadu Amadu on Tuesday disclosed that the new measures were aimed to  reducing school fees and managing the situation where  PTA and development fees are more than the school fees. The Minister made an example with Kings College, Lagos and the Federal Science and Technical College, Yaba where the fees charged by government for JSS1 in the first term is N69, 400, while the PTA collections stand at N70,000 and N74,000, respectively per child for the same first term, totalling to 139,490 and N143,400 respectively. Adamu Adamu said "Government views with grave concerning the activities of PTAs in unity colleges which have even formed themselves into national associations, instead of limiting themselves to the schools where their children attend”. The statement added that any project that should be carried out by PTA Should be written to and approved by the Ministry of Education



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