Schools raise Senior
One
fees as reporting date
nears
KAMPALA.
Parents across the country will have to dig deeper into their pockets after several
schools announced increments in Senior One school fees for the new
term to cater for the rising cost of food and other commodities.
Many
schools say the increasing cost of school necessities; especially food prices
have prompted the adjustments.
The fees adjustments
vary in the different schools from Shs15,000 to Shs50,000 while others made an
increment of Shs100,000. For example, Teso College - Aloet
,
each fresh Senior One student will pay Shs800,000 this term ,down
from Shs750,000 the school charged last year, indicating a Shs 50,000
increment, while Primary Seven leavers joining Gayaza High School, are
required to report with Shs1.2m from Shs1m paid last year , an increment of
Shs200,000.
The increase in fees in
not only felt in secondary schools; even primary ones have done the same. For
example, A Primary One entrant at Budo Junior School will pay Shs1.3million
while St. Savio Primary School in Kisubi is charging Shs2.7million including
other requirements.
According to Mr Micheal Mpiima, the head teacher at Ssaku SS
–Wobulenzi, the exorbitant extra fees are meant to cater for
increasing costs of uniform and other essential utilities like electricity.
“The cost of commodities usually determines what we charge and we cannot do
much about it, ”he said.
Prices
of scholastic materials like chalk, paper and food (posh) usually go up
whenever the new term is about to open due to high demand in schools
but supply remains static. A kilogramme of beans goes for Shs1800,
up from Shs1600 last year.
However,
Mr Ali Sserugo, the head teacher Kinaawa High School-Kyengera said they had
maintained last year’s fees of Shs730,000 for Senior Ones due to the bad
economic environment in the country.
“We
would have wished to increase our fees like other colleagues but the community
we serve is poor and they have to take their children to school. If
our government can subsidise some of essential school items, there
will be no justification for fees increment in schools where it has occurred,”
he said
Mr
Francis Agula, the commissioner government secondary schools said: “We
(education ministry) put in place a guideline whenever a school wants to
increase schools fees must write to us. Most schools are in budgetary process
and they will write to us to approve their fees. Senior One and five fees
normally looks high because of uniforms, sport wares,” Mr Agula said.
He also
blamed parents who don’t attend school budgetary meetings to have an input in
the process.
With
the increase in fees coupled with projected stiff cutoff point in top schools,
parents are likely to face a difficult time in securing placements where they
put their first choice.
The
government has always warned schools against raising fees before they get
clearance from the Education ministry, but very few seek such authorisation.
Of
the 582,085 candidates who sat for 2013 PLE, a total of 498,839 are eligible to
join Senior One down from 480,067 in 2012 .But this will happen after the
selection exercise slated for February 7-8 at Wonder World Amusement Park,
Kansanga in Kampala where schools choose which number of students they
will take considering the capacity of the facilities they have. Senior One
entrants report on February 24.
Fees at selected schools
Dr Obote College,Boroboro
From Shs 650,000 last year to Shs700,000
Gayaza High School
From Shs1m last year to Shs1.2m
Teso College, Eloet
From Shs 700,000 to Shs 800,000
St Mary’s College-Kisubi
Shs 1.3million
Merry Land High Sch
Shs 755,000
Kitende SS
Shs 550,000
Ntare School-Mbarara
Shs 1.3m from Shs 1.260,000 last year
Masaka SS
Shs 735,000 from Shs725,000 last
year
Kings College,Budo
Senior One fees: Shs830,000
Gombe SS –Butambala
Fees for Senior One entrants: Shs1million
St. Henry’s College-Kitovu
Shs900,00 from Shs 850,000
Kyambogo College
Shs 401,400
Ndejje SS
Shs 1.5million
Namirembe Hillside
Shs1million
Deluxe International School –Lweza
$2600 ( about Shs 6.5m)
Kinaawa High School
Shs 730,000
Nabumali High School
Senior One fees : Shs750,000
Gombe SS
Shs 1million
Budini SS
Shs 700,000
Maryhill High School-Mbarara
Fees for Senior One entrants: Shs890, 000
Kisibi Seminary
Senior One fees : Shs 700,000
Kitante High School
Senior One fees : Shs 400,000
Bishop Cipriano Kihangire School
Senior One fees: Shs700,000
St Mary’s College-Kisubi
Senior One fees: 1.8million
Trinity College, Nabbingo
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Senior One fees: Shs780,000
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Kyambogo College School
Fees for Senior One entrants: Shs 355,000
Deluxe International School –Lweza
Year 8 entrants: $2420 (about Shs 6.4million)
Mengo Senior Schools
Senior One fees: Shs 658,500
Kawempe Muslim SS
School One fees: Shs I
million
Makerere College School
School One fees: Shs
658,500
Muntuyera High School Kitunga- Ntungamo
Senior One fees : Shs 800,000
Busoga college Mwiri
Senior One fees: Shs900
000
Bweranyangi Girls SS- Bushenyi
Senior One fees : Shs800,000
Namilyago College:
Senior One fees and other school necessities: Shs I million
St Henry’s College ,Kitovu
Senior One fees: Shs704,000 and
adding costs of other basic school requirements it might climb to Shs
900,000
Mbarara High School-Mbarara
Senior One fees : Shs 1million
Continuing students : Shs 700,000
Kiira College,Butiki
Senior One fees : Sh614
000
Kabale Secondary School-Kabale
Senior One fees : Shs 77,500.
Jinja Progressive Academy
Senior One fees: Sh235
000 (day scholars) , Shs487, 000( boarding section).
St Michael International School, Wakiso
Senior One fees:
Shs300,000( day) , Shs 520,000(boarding )
St. Augustine’s College-Wakiso
Senior One fees:
Shs400,000 (day), Shs 700,000(boarding )
St Joseph’s College, Layibi
Senior One Fees : Shs680, 000
St Leo’s ,Kyegobe
Senior One Fees : Shs 700,000
London College-Nansana
Senior One fees: 260,000(day) ,Shs 600,000(boarding)
Bukoyo SS
Senior One fees : Sh580 000
Bweyogerere SS
Senior One fees: 120,000( day),
Shs350,000 (boarding )
St Peters Nsambya
Senior One fees :
456000 (Day), Shs780,000 (boarding)
Uganda Martyrs College,
Sonde
Senior One fees :
Shs550,000(boarding), Shs Shs252,500(day)
Blessed Sacrament Secondary School
Senior One fees:
Shs190,000(day scholars), Shs 396,000 ( boarders)
Sir Samuel Baker School
Senior One fees : Sh350,000
M M College, Wairaka
Senior One fees :
Sh485,000
Kitgum High School,
Senior One fees : Shs310, 000
Bwongyera Girls ,Ntungamo
Senior One fees : Shs 508,000
Bukandula College, Gomba
Senior One fees: 300,000
Y.Y Okot Memorial College
Senior One fees : Shs250, 000 including school uniform.
Kyebambe Girls School
Senior One fees : Shs 660,000.
Nyakasura School
Senior One fees: Shs 700,000 including
all school requirements
King Faisal Islamic SS-Mityana
Senior One fees Shs 247,000 (boarding )
,Shs90,000 (day)
Mbogo Mixed SS
Senior One fees: Shs552,000
Christ the King SS Bulinda-Kalisizo
Senior One entrants:
Shs800, 000.
Iganga SS
Senior One fees : Shs500
000
Rubaga Girls
Senior One fees: Shs
770,000
Mityana SS
Senior One fees: Shs
190,000(day), Shs385, 000(boarding)
Other school
requirements, Shs 500,000
Kawanda SS
Senior One fees: Shs500,
000 (boarding) ,Shs250,000( day)
Uganda Martyrs –Namugongo
Senior One fees: Shs830,
000
Kasawo Islamic School
Senior One fees: Shs
120,000 (day) ,Shs 300,000( boarding)
St. Elizabeth SS-Nkoowe
Senior One fees : Shs
132,500(day) ,Shs Shs452,000( boarding)
Mbogo High Sch-Kawempe
Senior One fees:
Shs740,000
St Charles Lwanga Kasasa SS
Senior One fees: Shs567,
000
Kakungulu Memorial SS
Senior One fees: Shs
750,000
Our Lady of Pilgrims Bukulula Girls
Senior One fees:
Shs380,000
Mityana SS
Senior One fees:
Shs190,000(day),Shs385,000 (boarding )
