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Raising school fees torments many Africans. Some expect the Catholic Church to do more to help
One of the most expensive private schools in Kampala, the Catholic-run Uganda Martyrs' Secondary School Namugongo, maintains a policy of 'zero balance' when a child reports to school at the beginning of a three-month term. This means students must be fully paid by the time they report to school. Tuition at the school was once as high as $800 but has since dropped to about $600 as enrollment doubled to nearly 5,000, according to the school's deputy headmaster.
