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Private school owners under the aegis of National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools have hinted at the likely increase in tuition to reduce some of the effects of the recent fuel subsidy removal.
The National President of the Association, Yomi Otubela, made this known during a virtual dialogue on Thursday on the topic: “Government Policies and Resultant Effects on Private School Administration: A Case Study on the Removal of Fuel Subsidy”.
According to Otubela, the high cost of running private schools in the country even before the removal of fuel subsidy and now has become unbearable for many of its members.
He stressed that the cost of goods and services, transportation, running generators and other educational needs has become very expensive, forcing many of the members to consider an increase in tuition if they must remain business.
Lamenting, the situation, the chairman said: “Now that fuel subsidy has been removed and the cost of goods and services including transportation and running generators and other educational needs have been on the rise, private schools may not have any option than to increase tuition fees, so that they can remain in business.”
However, the association noted that subsidy removal is not a totally bad idea but the provision of palliatives to cushion the effect of its removal would have been a welcome idea, so as to lessen the burden on their members.
Some of the palliatives suggested by the association include provision of school buses on lease agreement, training of teachers on termly basis, giving of educational grants to teachers and administrators, establishment of educational…
