Help schools meet funding challenge

Starting this week, schools open for the third and final term of this academic year. And for secondary school principals, it is going to be a difficult term financially.

Schools, like all players in the economy, have seen a steep rise in the costs of goods and services in the last few months. This has arisen as inflation and oil prices have shot up in an unprecedented fashion. Budgets have been hit hard, giving rise to higher prices for the most necessary boarding supplies, in the form of food items and electricity.