Wednesday, September 10, 2025 - The Kaduna State has warned private schools’ owners in the state against increasing their school fees without getting an approval from the Kaduna State Schools Quality Assurance Authority (KSSQAA)
In a letter addressed to all private school proprietors in
the state, the Director, Private Schools Department (PSD) Kaduna State Schools
Quality Assurance Authority (KSSQAA), Mercy Kude, said that all private
Schools' proprietors/proprietresses are enjoined to strictly abide by the
extant regulatory requirements on upward review of fees, especially at a time
when the State Government is reducing school fees in state-owned institutions
of learning.
The letter mentioned that it is the responsibility of all
proprietors/proprietresses to keep abreast of the government's regulations in
the education sector, which are inherently dynamic.
For the
avoidance of doubt, the procedure guiding increase of school fees is based on
the following conditions/requirements:
@• Normally,
previous increment must have lasted at least 3 years.
@ Agreement
for increment must come from the school's PTA meeting with an acceptable
quorum.
® Express
approval of the Director-General, KSSQAA is required, following an application
letter
requesting
for permission to increase school fees by specified amount(s).
@ Typed
minutes of the PTA meeting(s) and handwritten attendance sheet(s) must be
attached to the
application.
® Reason(s)
for the increase of school fees must be stated in the application letter.
® Current
enrollment strength per level (for each of: Pre-Basic, Lower/Middle Basic,
Upper Basic and/or
Post- Basic
School) must be indicated in the letter.
@ Both new
and old school fees for all levels must be indicated on the letter of
application.''
As schools across the country resumed for academic session
yesterday, September 8, many parents had to deal with the challenge of
increased school fees.
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