30/08/2026
Rainbow Convent High School Students Allege Illegal Fee Collection; Principal Denies Claims
By: Bill Z. Kidau
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Ganta City...President, and out-going students of the Rainbow Convent High School in Ganta has accused the school administration of collecting L$10,000 from each students before allowing them to sit for the national exam
President of the institution, Gbahn D. Charles and Jennifer Blagay (Jenny Jenny) told reporter that the school has been collecting multiple fees without issuing receipt. According to her, the principal, Mr. Clinton Gonquoi allegedly demanded that no receipts be given and at times threatened students.
Amoung those fees collected includes: Clearance fee, $L$500, document fees, L$8000, and extra $2000LD paid to their sponsor for an unclear purpose. The students further disclosed that over two consecutive years, there has been no PTA meeting to engage the parents on these collections. They are now demanding the principle to refound their money
They said the principal demend them to the pay the L$8000, citing most people would be working on their schooling activities after writing the exam
"When we engage him that we should pay the money after the national exam, he said many people can be going after their schooling activities when they finished writing the exam" the president discloses
"When we call the District Education Officer (DEO)," they noted, "he refered the same administration back to us."
Meanwhile, Mr. Clinton Gonquoi has denied the allegations and admitted collecting $8000LD from each students, but said the money was meant for depolma, depolma cover, transcript and letter of recommendations. He also stressed that he has no knowledge of any additional L$2,000 collection.
"The money taken was divided in to four, depolma, depolma cover, transcript and letter of recommendations"
He challenged the student body to provide evidence if he ever instructed them to pay money for exam follow-up. He also urged the outgoing seniors to engage him directly on how to get their documents instead of resorting to criticism.
The development comes after one of the outgoing seniors, Jennifer Blagay(Jenny Jenny), took to the media to accuse the principal of collecting L$10,000 from each students before sitting the national exam which resulted in massive failure.
Authorities are yet to launch proper Investigation into the mater.
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