Regional News of Friday, 13 January 2012

Source: GNA

Senior High School fees are too high-Togbe Afede

Ho, Jan. 13, GNA-Togbe Afede XIV, President of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, Friday urged the Government to deal decisively with high school fees at the Senior High School level.

Togbe Afede made the call at the first General Meeting of the House this year (2012).

He said it was painful that such fees were being charged by public Senior High Schools.

Togbe Afede said but for the fact that he was given a bill from one of the schools in the Region he would have questioned such allegations.

A copy of the bill available to the Ghana News Agency gave a summary of the First Term -2011/2012 School Fees made up of 33 items as 330.50 Ghana cedis for each student in Boarding and 162.50 for each Day student.

Supplementary fees stood at 159.90 Ghana cedis for each Boarding stude'