Students of Groupe Scolaire Cyumba in Gicumbi district have expressed their dissatisfaction over a Rwf 1500 charged as report cards fees paid every school term .
Students explain that making them pay such fees is inconsiderate but have done so for a long time yet their counterparts in other schools pay only Rwf 500 once a year.
“I am now studying in senior five but we have been paying Rwf 1500 per term which they claim to be used for processing our reports/performance cards. Other schools pay Rwf 500 for the same per year. I wonder whether this school has particular policies different from nationally accepted principles,” wondered one student who preferred anonymity but observed that students are not chased for delaying school fees payments, but can be sent home on failure to pay report cards fees.
The headmaster of Groupe Scolaire Cyumba, Nyabyenda Narcisse told IGIHE that they charge students the Rwf 1500 per term and use it for various school activities.
“We call the fund ‘bulletin fee’ but part of it is used for other needs such as supplementing discipline masters’ payments and teachers’ motivation,” he said.
Nyabyenda said that the prefect in charge of discipline is paid Rwf 40,000.
The executive secretary of Cyumba sector, Abahe Fred says he’s not aware of such collections but will follow up to establish the truth and address it accordingly.
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