The board has officially withdrawn the fee increase proposal. This victory belongs to every parent who refused to accept subpar conditions and demanded accountability. Keep your records organized and remain ready to speak up if the school fails to address the sanitation and resource issues we documented.
September 29, 2017
Final supporters
The Board Chair, Nkwazi Primary School, Lusaka.
29th August 2017
Dear Sir,
RE: OPEN LETTER TO THE NKHWAZI BOARD – PROPOSED FEES HIKE
It has come to our attention that Nkhwazi intends to increase school fees in 2018. While this is the prerogative of the school owners, we would like to state that as parents, we cannot pay even more money for services that are already not being provided.
We strongly feel we are suffering an injustice. The following five documented incidents are testimony of the school’s challenges that need the attention and commitment of the Board to rectify before any hike can be entertained:
- Poor sanitation infrastructure and hygiene standards, the school has not invested in ensuring that the hygiene standards are upheld in ablution blocks. Without the school adhering to Lusaka City Council standards for early learning education, this led to diarrhoea epidemics over the last year.
- Torn books and capped paper quotas for teachers. The legacy of Nkhwazi has always been its books – and they are not being bought as the primary has expanded, neither have the torn and out of date books been replaced.
- Poor financial tracking services. The school has not invested in a financial management system that correctly matches student numbers to accounts. This has led to unprofessional practices of pulling children out of learning time, instead of engaging parents directly, only to discover in most cases, erroneous financial positions.
- Poor staff welfare – we have noted that quality teachers are leaving the school for either green pastures, or sadly, passing away as their health and well-being was not adequately taken care of.
- A previous hike due to inflationary and interest hikes in 2016 and 2017 did not translate into better services and welfare for staff. Now that the Kwacha has appreciated and interest rates have fallen, within the current monies being collected from previous hikes, resources should be assigned to addressing challenges one to four above.
Therefore, we implore the Nkhwazi Board and Management to consider the views of all of the Nkhwazi parents who sign this open letter. We ask that the school address the issues noted in points one to four above before any fee hike can be justified.
Updates
September 1, 2017
The Board has refused to acknowledge our concerns regarding the sanitation and supply shortages despite the mounting pressure. Send a direct email to each board member today to demand a meeting about these fee hikes. Post our petition link to your Facebook feed right now so other parents see exactly what is happening to our school.
September 1, 2017
The momentum behind this opposition is undeniable and the Board can no longer pretend we are not watching. Post the link to your Facebook feed right now and tag the school board members to ensure they feel the pressure.
Reached 100 supporters
September 1, 2017
91 Comments
Nkwazi school should invest more in modern teaching aids, infrastructure and reading materials. Some of the books for the reception classes are outdated.
It is very sad to see how a good school is being badly run. Money has become the only motivation. Unless we stand up & say enough is enough, this will continue. Any new increase in fees should be tied to milestones that will go towards making the school better e.g. teachers' improved working conditions and books for our children.
Standards have to improve esp the issue of losing teachers to greener pastures before end of school year. Happened twice to my daughter last year and this year. Very confusing for the children
I support the petition in its entirety. Having been a beneficiary of the Trust School under ZCCM, the standards at Nkhwazi Primary School are below par. Credit must be given to Mr. Kabo as the school would have gone under. Take note of the contents of the petition before any t hought of increasing the fees are made.
I am a very concerned lower primary school parent. The proposed school fee increases should be justified. To date we are yet to see the benefits of a huge increase from K5,000 to K7,900
The welfare of the teachers is very important for the good education of our children. If the reason for increase of school fees is increment of the salaries of teacherst, then that condition should be met
I strongly agree
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The board has officially withdrawn the fee increase proposal. This victory belongs to every parent who refused to accept subpar conditions and demanded accountability. Keep your records organized and remain ready to speak up if the school fails to address the sanitation and resource issues we documented.
September 29, 2017
Final supporters
The Board Chair, Nkwazi Primary School, Lusaka.
29th August 2017
Dear Sir,
RE: OPEN LETTER TO THE NKHWAZI BOARD – PROPOSED FEES HIKE
It has come to our attention that Nkhwazi intends to increase school fees in 2018. While this is the prerogative of the school owners, we would like to state that as parents, we cannot pay even more money for services that are already not being provided.
We strongly feel we are suffering an injustice. The following five documented incidents are testimony of the school’s challenges that need the attention and commitment of the Board to rectify before any hike can be entertained:
- Poor sanitation infrastructure and hygiene standards, the school has not invested in ensuring that the hygiene standards are upheld in ablution blocks. Without the school adhering to Lusaka City Council standards for early learning education, this led to diarrhoea epidemics over the last year.
- Torn books and capped paper quotas for teachers. The legacy of Nkhwazi has always been its books – and they are not being bought as the primary has expanded, neither have the torn and out of date books been replaced.
- Poor financial tracking services. The school has not invested in a financial management system that correctly matches student numbers to accounts. This has led to unprofessional practices of pulling children out of learning time, instead of engaging parents directly, only to discover in most cases, erroneous financial positions.
- Poor staff welfare – we have noted that quality teachers are leaving the school for either green pastures, or sadly, passing away as their health and well-being was not adequately taken care of.
- A previous hike due to inflationary and interest hikes in 2016 and 2017 did not translate into better services and welfare for staff. Now that the Kwacha has appreciated and interest rates have fallen, within the current monies being collected from previous hikes, resources should be assigned to addressing challenges one to four above.
Therefore, we implore the Nkhwazi Board and Management to consider the views of all of the Nkhwazi parents who sign this open letter. We ask that the school address the issues noted in points one to four above before any fee hike can be justified.
Updates
September 1, 2017
The Board has refused to acknowledge our concerns regarding the sanitation and supply shortages despite the mounting pressure. Send a direct email to each board member today to demand a meeting about these fee hikes. Post our petition link to your Facebook feed right now so other parents see exactly what is happening to our school.
September 1, 2017
The momentum behind this opposition is undeniable and the Board can no longer pretend we are not watching. Post the link to your Facebook feed right now and tag the school board members to ensure they feel the pressure.
Reached 100 supporters
September 1, 2017
91 Comments
academic standards are really falling. Example is in CTS subject, the school records very low class average in Grade 5A, it has been around 50-53% this year. Some teachers have even resorted to doing private tuition which is unprofessional. This is unacceptable for a school with such high fees for primary level education.
Nkwazi school should invest more in modern teaching aids, infrastructure and reading materials. Some of the books for the reception classes are outdated.
It is very sad to see how a good school is being badly run. Money has become the only motivation. Unless we stand up & say enough is enough, this will continue. Any new increase in fees should be tied to milestones that will go towards making the school better e.g. teachers' improved working conditions and books for our children.
Standards have to improve esp the issue of losing teachers to greener pastures before end of school year. Happened twice to my daughter last year and this year. Very confusing for the children
I support the petition in its entirety. Having been a beneficiary of the Trust School under ZCCM, the standards at Nkhwazi Primary School are below par. Credit must be given to Mr. Kabo as the school would have gone under. Take note of the contents of the petition before any t hought of increasing the fees are made.
I am a very concerned lower primary school parent. The proposed school fee increases should be justified. To date we are yet to see the benefits of a huge increase from K5,000 to K7,900
The welfare of the teachers is very important for the good education of our children. If the reason for increase of school fees is increment of the salaries of teacherst, then that condition should be met
I strongly agree
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academic standards are really falling. Example is in CTS subject, the school records very low class average in Grade 5A, it has been around 50-53% this year. Some teachers have even resorted to doing private tuition which is unprofessional. This is unacceptable for a school with such high fees for primary level education.