Kampala — A Saturday Vision analysis has revealed that whereas there is a high correlation between higher fees and the number of candidates getting first grades, some schools charge high fees but post poor performances. There were a number of schools that charged over sh400,000 per term, but got less than 10% of their candidates passing S4 with in Division One.
This is a clear indication that the money parents pay to the schools is not being spent on things that help students to learn. These schools, all of them private, either make abnormal profits or spend the money on the wrong priorities. This is worrying as there are more private than government schools in Uganda. Despite operating in a liberalised economy, the Government should protect parents from schools that charge high fees without investing reasonably in educating children.
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