The government has revealed that it approved new increases of school fees by public schools.

The DailyNews, quotes Primary and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima confirming that several schools had applied to increase their fees again.

He said: “I am not in a position to tell how many had applied initially and how many have been approved. You can get that information from the permanent secretary who is in charge of that.

“Any increases outside the approval by the secretary are thus illegal. You can get a full schedule of the applicants and those that were approved from the secretary.”

One of the schools that have increased fees is Arundel which now requires day scholars to pay RTGS6 600 or US$1 500, while weekly borders will be paying RTGS$8 900 or US$2 023. Full borders will have to pay RTGS$10 800 or US$2 455.