By RFIPalled on 29-08-2019Modified on 29-08-2019 at 06:46
In the DRC, following a decision by President Felix Tshisekedi, basic education in public schools will be free. As a result, parents of students withdraw their down payments to schools. If there is no resistance in public schools, this is not the case in private institutions that are empty of their registrants.
Benjamin Mundele has a smile on his face. This father has just withdrawn from a Catholic school hundreds of dollars he had already advanced for his girl. " I came to withdraw the deposit I had already paid at school. I withdrew 260 (dollars) .
Benjamin, however, expresses his greatest fear that the state "is loosing the teachers ". And wonders: " Will there not be strikes at any time? Will the state take responsibility? "
Recall that the Minister of Primary, Secondary and Vocational Education has announced that basic education in public schools free and compulsory will be effective this school year.
In turn, the parents recover their installments. This free state introduced empties some private institutions of their customers. Wanting to withdraw his down payments to enroll his children in a public school, Armand, a civil servant, faced resistance from the school, he explains. " I paid $ 650 and when I went to find out if the school would pay me back my money but the school said 'no'. There is serious resistance ... it will put a lot of parents in trouble .
For fear of strike action that could break out if the state does not regularly pay teachers, many parents are reluctant to break with private institutions.
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