By Own Correspondent- Amalgamated Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) secretary-general, Robson Chere has blasted schools for hiking fees ahead of schools opening next term.

Chere said:

Most schools held their AGMs this term and approved the fees hikes. Schools such as Arcturus High, Goromonzi and Mandedza schools.

For example, Goromonzi High’s 2018 levy was around $300 and as of now it’s around $500 and levy and boarding fees will amount to around $1 100.

A day school like Arcturus increased its fees from $40 to $95 with effect from next term.

Fees increases at a time when the cost of living is burdening the parents and generally, the majority of Zimbabweans, including the working class is ill-timed and as such will have negative effects like school dropouts, early marriages, increased poverty.

The move to hike the tuition fees is unjustified, according to the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) secretary-general Raymond Majongwe.

He said:

It’s clearly unacceptable and unjustified. It simply means several teachers will not be able to send their own children to school.

Several have also pegged fees in USD meaning it’s difficult for teachers to send their children to such schools.

It means we are heading for a collision course with the employer.-DailyNews