Parents association take school to court

Accra (Greater Accra), 5 Jan.'99 - The Concerned Parents and Teachers Association of the Morning Star Preparatory school Accra have filed a motion at an Accra High Court for an order of interim injunction to restrain the school, the first defendant-school, from enforcing new fees it intends to charge without government's approval. The plaintiffs are led by, Mr Gerald Annan-Forson and Erasmus Dowuona, as spokesmen. In an affidavit in support of the motion, Mr Annan-Forson, acting president of the association, deposed that by a letter dated November 26, 1998, addressed to parents with wards in the school, Morning Star, gave notice of increases in its fees, without the approval of the Ghana Education Service (GES). The plaintiffs pointed out that a written response to an enquiry from the GES dated December 24, 1998, stated that Morning Star had not sought its approval for the new fees to be charged for the second and third terms of the 1998/1999 academic year. They are therefore asking the court for an order to restrain the school from charging the new "unapproved fees" per term, which were quoted as follows: Nursery Two - 150,000 cedis; Lower Primary - 185,000 cedis; Upper Primary - 200,000 cedis: and Junior Secondary School One to Three - 220,000 cedis.

Accra (Greater Accra), 5 Jan.'99 - The Concerned Parents and Teachers Association of the Morning Star Preparatory school Accra have filed a motion at an Accra High Court for an order of interim injunction to restrain the school, the first defendant-school, from enforcing new fees it intends to charge without government's approval. The plaintiffs are led by, Mr Gerald Annan-Forson and Erasmus Dowuona, as spokesmen. In an affidavit in support of the motion, Mr Annan-Forson, acting president of the association, deposed that by a letter dated November 26, 1998, addressed to parents with wards in the school, Morning Star, gave notice of increases in its fees, without the approval of the Ghana Education Service (GES). The plaintiffs pointed out that a written response to an enquiry from the GES dated December 24, 1998, stated that Morning Star had not sought its approval for the new fees to be charged for the second and third terms of the 1998/1999 academic year. They are therefore asking the court for an order to restrain the school from charging the new "unapproved fees" per term, which were quoted as follows: Nursery Two - 150,000 cedis; Lower Primary - 185,000 cedis; Upper Primary - 200,000 cedis: and Junior Secondary School One to Three - 220,000 cedis.