No school is to collect Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) or development levy without prior approval, the Ghana Education Service (GES) warned on Wednesday.
A statement issued and signed by Mr Daniel Fenyi,?the Head of Public Affairs, GES, said: “We wish to state that no school has been authorised to collect any PTA or development levy without?prior approval.”
“Even when approved, such payments remain strictly voluntary and no student should be denied any school service, right, or benefit for non-payment.”
The GES’ caution comes after it received reports that some second-cycle institutions were demanding?and collecting various levies under the guise of PTA dues.
The statement warned that “no head, teacher, or GES staff member of any educational institution shall be involved in the collection of PTA levies.”
“Fundraising?activities remain the exclusive responsibility?of duly elected PTA Executives.”
The statement said in basic schools such approvals must be granted by the District Education Oversight Committee, through the Director of Education: and in second-cycle schools, by the Regional Director of Education.?
It asked regional and district directors to monitor compliance and report any breach for immediate disciplinary action.
Source: GNA
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