(AUDIO): School heads would not be charging unapproved fees if PTA was consulted in decision making – PTA

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has issued a warning to heads of Senior High Schools who charge first-year students unapproved fees.

It said such heads will be sanctioned because the acts are illegal and will not be tolerated.

Parents have complained about unapproved fees levied by school administrators and items not approved in the prospectus for new students.

Reacting this on Ahotor 92.3 Fm, the General Secretary of the National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations Mr. Gapson Kofi Raphael says if the Ghana Education Service had involved the PTA, school heads wouldn’t have been charging unapproved fees.

First-year SHS students began reporting to school on Monday, February 27, 2023, following the release of the school placement for graduates of the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) into SHSs and Technical, Vocational, Education and Training (TVET) schools across the country.

Story by: Emmanuel Romeo Tetteh / Ahotoronline.com