Ward Strip Primary School faces short fall of funds

It is confirmed that some schools did receive the remaining Tuition Fee Free Funds, which was released by the government last week.
Ward strip Primary School in the Nation’s Capital is one of the schools that received their funds last Friday but the head mistress; Mrs Emily Ricky says the funds given are not enough to cater for 3000 students of Ward Strip Primary plus administrative expenses.
“The fee for each student is K279 and I have over 3000 students in my school which is why Ward Strip Primary should receive over K600, 000 to cater for this much student and also to pay the ancillary staff”
“We only received about K150, 000 for the first batch payment and we are shortfall of about K400, 000 and that is some big outstanding payment right there, which I have to look for some ways to make up for that” said Mrs Ricky.
She said, a lot of schools are facing the same issue with shortfall of funds and it’s a burden to the schools.
“The government shouldn’t look at the level of school but look at the number of students in each school and allocate funds according to that” said Mrs Emily Ricky. PNGFM

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