St Augustine's College Headmaster interdicted for charging unapproved fees


The Headmaster of the St. Augustine's College in the Central Region, Joseph Connelly has been interdicted for allegedly charging unapproved fees.
 
The Deputy Minister in-charge of pre-tertiary education, Mr Alex Kyeremeh said Mr Connelly's interdiction follows investigations which revealed that the school was charging GH¢435 as Parent Teacher Associations levy which the Ministry described as illegal. 

Mr Kyeremeh said information reaching the ministry had it that a table set up in the school purposely for that aspect of the money to be called from fresh students before they were issued with admission letters. 

He explained that the ministry detailed some people to the school, who confirmed that, indeed a table had been set up and each parent was made to pay GH¢435 before the admission letter could be issued. 

Mr Kyeremeh said the Director General had launched an investigation into the circumstances that warranted the decision by the school to initiate the collection of such illegal fees and those found culpable would be death with. 

He said the school had no right to unilaterally demand the payment of that additional money, aside from the approved school fees explaining that decisions such as that have the tendency of denying potential students admission.

GBC