The Best Way of Collecting Fees without Infringing on the Liberties of Learners in Zimbabwean Primary Schools

Abstract

The research was meant to establish the best way of collecting fees in primary schools without infringing on the liberties of learners using the grounded theory design as the government of Zimbabwe could no longer sustain the education for all policy vis-à-vis the financial demands. This thrust was achieved by way of an internet survey design meant to generate ideas. Information-rich respondents were purposefully sampled and thereafter a snowball sampling technique was employed to identify the twelve participants giving a summation of seventeen. Most respondents indicated that tuition in primary schools was only free in the rural areas not in urban schools considering the exorbitant levies parents pay inclusive of the private costs incurred. Re-educative strategies of change resulting in collaboratively agreed upon payment plans were suggested. These were to be commissioned by the police to make them legally binding. The legal route with its prohibitive costs was shunned.