Nabbanja advises parents as first term begins

She made the call while visiting Kamusenene Catholic Church, in Nkooko sub-county in Kakumiro district.

Nabbanja expressed concern that some parents and guardians have a tendency of delaying sending children to school hence affecting their concentration and performance.

She also challenged all believers to work hard and improve their household income because it is key to the development of the Church.

She also said that Members of Parliament have been sent on recess for their oversight role on the progress of the Parish Development Model (PDM) and promised to avail all the necessary guidelines to ensure that they monitor the progress.

The new school term is set open this week for most schools.

Key among the concerns of most parents is the ever increasing school fees that they say is unfair since most things to use in school are delivered by them.

Government has as a result come up with the new school fees regulation policy although it hasn't yet been implemented.

The School Fees Regulation Policy, which is still being considered, sets the minimum and maximum school fees and requirements all schools should follow.

According to the proposed policy, Government has capped fees for pre-primary schools at sh690,000 per term with day primary schools not to exceed sh650,000 in both fees and other charges, and boarding primary schools not to charge more than sh1.2m per term.

For secondary level, day scholars are to pay sh960,000 per term while the boarding section will pay sh1.6 million in fees and other charges.

Under the proposed policy, the education ministry also set the standard mechanisms for how fees will be determined or reviewed by a school.