Proposal to Increase School Fees at English Medium Schools from 300,000 to 500,000 TZS
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TLDR
- The Mayor of Iringa Municipality, Ibrahim Ngwada, has rejected a report proposing to increase school fees at English medium schools.
- The proposed fee increase was from 300,000 TZS to 500,000 TZS per year.
- The report included schools such as Mapinduzi Primary School.
- Ngwada emphasized that the council had not agreed to this fee increase.
- The rejection of the proposal aims to maintain affordable education for families.