A Nigerian woman, Tanko Lami, has sparked a heated debate on social media after sharing a receipt detailing the hefty fees charged by a school for her child’s pre-kindergarten enrollment in Nigeria.
The total cost, amounting to almost a million naira, includes tuition, uniforms, health insurance, sports levy, and developmental fees.
The woman expressed her shock and disbelief, questioning the necessity of such exorbitant costs. “Development Levy of 300k? How? Will they give my child extra teeth and brain cells? I don’t understand,” she wrote. “55k for books in pre-kindergarten? My child hasn’t even started kindergarten yet! And the uniform, when my child is not a model… the same uniform they’ll pour food on?”
See her post below:
Her post has generated a wave of humorous reactions from other social media users, with many sharing their own experiences of spending a fraction of the total amount throughout their primary school years.
The incident has highlighted concerns over the rising school fees including pre-kindergarten education in Nigeria and the burden it places on parents.
Read some netizens reactions below:
@Nicole: It’s the development levy for me.The difference between the levy and school isn’t much. Looks like paying school fees twice but in discount.If Kindergarten, is like this, how will basic and secondary school be? ????????.
@Innocent: If my pikin finish for this school, he better know how to drive a plane or manage the restaurants because he’s going for his master afterwards ????.
@Maureen: You didn’t see the sport levy too? ????In my mind, shey pre-kindergarten pupil sabi anything sport?Wahaluuur ????
@Adeyemi Yekini: It is cheaper to train your child in the university than some of these kindergarten schools. It is sheer robbery.
@Faith Thomas: ???????? it’s seems like a joke but it’s true o, when my mom saw 60k for my 2yrs old text books, she asked if the kids dey start from University Abi wetin ????