The National Peace Council (NPC) says it has commenced series of engagements with relevant institutions to resolve the “No Fasting” policy in Wesley Girls’ Senior High School.
The Council has therefore reiterated its earlier call on all affected persons and organizations to remain calm and commit to the age-old peaceful coexistence among all the various religious groupings in the country.
This was contained in press statement signed by Rev. Dr. Ernest Adu Gyamfi, the Chairman of the NPC on Tuesday.
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The Council, in the statement, said it had met with the leadership of the Methodist Church, Ghana, the Old Girls’ Association and the Parents-Teachers Association of the school on Monday May 10, to get the facts as it happened at the School.
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Proprietors
of private schools in South Sudan are threatening to close their institutions if the government does not revoke its decision to reduce school fees for private schools in the country.
South Sudan’s Ministry of General Education and Instruction on Thursday ordered all private schools across the country in a ministerial order to charge day schools annual fees of 80,000 South Sudanese Pounds per student inclusive of all scholastic requirements.
It further says private boarding schools shall also charge annual fees not exceeding 200,000 SSP and all should be paid in three installments beginning this term.
In response, the heads of private schools on Friday urged the education ministry to withdraw the decision and dialogue with them to reach a healthy settlement.
The proposed National Policy on Private Provision of Education seeks to regulate school fees, recruitment of teachers and infrastructure development, among others, in all private schools