Government of Sierra Leone
Local Government Finance Department
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development
PRESS RELEASE
THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCES FOR THE INFORMATION OF HEAD TEACHERS, THE SIERRA LEONE TEACHERS UNION, PARLIAMENTARIANS, PARENTS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE HAS REMITTED A TOTAL OF LE 11,688,680,000 (ELEVEN BILLION SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY- EIGHT MILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND LEONES) TO THE BANK ACCOUNTS OF THE COUNCILS MENTIONED BELOW, FOR THE PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES SUBSIDY FOR GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT ASSISTED, AND COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOLS, FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND TERMS OF THE 2011/2012 SCHOOL YEAR.
COUNCILS SHOULD IN TURN PAY THE AMOUNTS TO THE INDIVIDUAL BANK ACCOUNTS OF THE BENEFICIARY SCHOOLS. THIS PAYMENT REFLECTS THE INCREASE OF THE SUBSIDY FROM LE3,000 TO LE5,000 PER PUPIL PER TERM APPROVED BY GOVERNMENT AND IS BASED ON THE ENROLMENT DATA SUBMITTED BY THE RESPECTIVE CHAIRPERSONS/MAYORS OF THE LOCAL COUNCILS.
ON RECEIPT OF THESE FUNDS, LOCAL COUNCILS MUST DISPLAY THE DETAILS OF AMOUNTS, NAMES, ADDRESSES, ENROLMENT AND OTHER DETAILS PROVIDED OF THE BENEFICIARY SCHOOLS, ON COUNCILS’ NOTICE BOARDS, SCHOOLS NOTICE BOARDS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
THE AMOUNTS ARE ACCORDING TO THE SCHOOL’S ENROLMENT.
Alhaji Banie Eillah Seisay
SDFS (Fiscal Operations)
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