– says none can be denied registration In a major clampdown on schools, the Ministry of Education yesterday announced limits on the so-called registration fee charged by administrators. As a matter of fact, the Ministry said in a statement yesterday that no student can be refused registration due to their inability to pay.“No students shall be denied Registration to any school due to their inability to pay; children have a right to schooling and must be registered.”The new measures will affect all government schools from Nursery to National Secondary Schools.It is not unknown if parents have been complaining that schools have been demanding sums that were described as unaffordable, in some cases. The moneys were supposed to cater for supplies and services not budgeted for.No student can be denied registration if they are unable to pay, the Ministry of Education warned yesterday.According to the Ministry, it has noted with concern that some school administrators have been requesting significant sums of money for the registration of new students to Nursery,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, Primary and Secondary Schools under the pretext that such sums were previously agreed upon by the Parent Teacher Association (PTA).Under the new measures which gave “great consideration to the needs of schools”, the Ministry said the guidelines will allow the PTA to recover what it said are “non-budgetary costs”.These recovery efforts will include conducting fund-raising activities to support school administration to help pay for badges, PTA dues, report booklets and other items.“Such activities must be promoted to strengthen the partnership between schools and the community,” the Ministry said.In the case where the activities planned and executed by the PTA do not generate the income to offset the non-budgetary costs,NFL Jerseys China, the schools will have an option to charge not more than $2,500 annually for each student of nursery schools; $3,000 for primary schools and $5,000 for secondary schools.For the national secondary schools like Queen’s College, The Bishops’ High School,Wholesale Jerseys From China, St. Stanislaus College, St. Rose’s High and St. Joseph High,NFL Jerseys China, administrators have been barred from going above $8,000.“These sums were carefully considered for all non-budgetary costs (and) as such,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, no additional request must be made from parents. There must be no compulsion for students to purchase Physical Education clothes, aprons for Home Economics, lab coats, tie-pin, inter alia,Wholesale Jerseys, from the school. Parents of nursery children should not be issued with any list of supplies to be purchased.”The Ministry also said that the sums mentioned are the maximum limits for each level and can be lowered.“No child must be denied schooling as a result of inability to pay.”The circular is also being sent to the PTAs of the different schools.It is not unknown that some schools have withheld reports or even refused to register a child because of the charge which has also been referred to as a “contingency fee”.