Fifty-five thousand cedis out of the fees paid in cash by some parents of T. I. Ahmadiyya Secondary School (AMASS) in Kumasi were counterfeit notes, Y. K. Agyare, Headmaster, told the school's Parent Teacher Association (PTA) meeting at the weekend.

He said the use of cash should be avoided in view of the problems associated with it and appealed to parents to ensure that they used financial instruments like bank drafts, cheques and Sika Card for the payment of school fees, which provided the needed security against armed robbery.

The PTA resolved to pay 205,000 cedis per student to complete projects it has started for the school. These projects include a two-storey dormitory block for girls, a computer laboratory and organisation of extra-classes.

They have, therefore, appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to grant the approval for the collection of the levy. At a well-attended general meeting of the association, they said they recognised that education was expensive and must, therefore, be prepared to pay for it.