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Gate Pass: Parents protest as schools turn ream papers into strict admission requirement

A section of parents admitting Form One students last week for the first time took to social media to complain of being extorted by school heads in which besides being required to pay full term tuition fee, the schools demanded of them to buy ream papers.

In their rants, the parents claimed that the biggest scandal in the education sector is the 'Ream Paper' given that if a student reports to school without ream papers, the school will still send him away, whether he or she has paid in full the tuition fee.

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