Kampala International University, be reasonable!
Apr 02, 2009
EDITOR—I am dismayed by the recent actions by Kampala International University (KIU). At the beginning of this semester, the university introduced a fine for late payment of tuition fees.
EDITOR—I am dismayed by the recent actions by Kampala International University (KIU). At the beginning of this semester, the university introduced a fine for late payment of tuition fees.
This fine ranges from sh60,000 to sh150,000 for Ugandan students and 50 to 100 dollars for international students. We appreciate the fact that KIU being a private university, depends on tuition to run its affairs, so prompt payment of tuition is good.
Parents or students do not intentionally hold on to this money by design.
Most students, international or Ugandan, come from poor families.
Most students at KIU come from the East African region where the major economic activity is agriculture. Parents therefore have to wait for the harvest so that they can sell and pay their children’s fees.
Another issue is a requirement for students who apply for a dead semester to pay 25% of the fees of a semester they did not attend!
These students apply for dead semesters because of failure to raise tuition for that semester!
When the time comes for the semester they did not study, they have to pay 100% instead of 75% of the fees!
Can someone explain this? KIU should appreciate that parents have managed to pay tuition in time, but not mock them for paying amidst the biting financial crisis with a fine.
Name withheld
This fine ranges from sh60,000 to sh150,000 for Ugandan students and 50 to 100 dollars for international students. We appreciate the fact that KIU being a private university, depends on tuition to run its affairs, so prompt payment of tuition is good.
Parents or students do not intentionally hold on to this money by design.
Most students, international or Ugandan, come from poor families.
Most students at KIU come from the East African region where the major economic activity is agriculture. Parents therefore have to wait for the harvest so that they can sell and pay their children’s fees.
Another issue is a requirement for students who apply for a dead semester to pay 25% of the fees of a semester they did not attend!
These students apply for dead semesters because of failure to raise tuition for that semester!
When the time comes for the semester they did not study, they have to pay 100% instead of 75% of the fees!
Can someone explain this? KIU should appreciate that parents have managed to pay tuition in time, but not mock them for paying amidst the biting financial crisis with a fine.
Name withheld