Today we had what is called a "Fee drive" at school, it is a situation whereby children who have not paid thier school fees are sent home by the school management. This practice has been going on around Nigeria and most of the time it is the only way that we can get parents to pay thier childrens school fees. this pains me a great deal because it is not the fault of the children that thier fees are not paid! But allowing them to stay on in school results in a situation whereby parents do not even bother to pay up until the school session is over! At times at the beginning of a new school year, some parents quietly change thier children to a new school without even paying up what they owe! Now some who owe do so for genuine reasons, however these ones are just a small percentage! What amazes me at times is the big cars, expensive clothes that some parents own but are not concerned at all about a childs school fees. They can save up now and then and pay up, but no! they wait until thier children are sent home,what a life! what i would like to know is how can a school administrator get parents concerned about paying school fees on time? How can the school pass across excitement for school to parents that will make them not want thier kids to miss even a day at school?
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