As a working mom, the goal is to make much money and provide for your kids. With that responsibility comes the unavoidable bills.

Electricity, waste disposal, car insurance, security, tax, medicals, and the lost goes on. Now you could actually find a way around most of the bills in Nigeria with the risk of losing the service provided but there is no way around school fees. Even if your child attends a government school, stationary, school uniform, PTA levy, etc.

It is a quite common sight to see parents in front of the school throughout resumption week begging for extension time for payment. One would almost think the school owners are evil but they do have a business to run and staffs to pay.

And let's be fair, parents had holidays to plan for school fees and still didn't meet up so why should they school trust the parent to meet up after school resumptive when expenses tend to be higher.

The most effective solution I have seen to this is thrift savings.

I split my kid's fees into 3 (representing 3 months) and I do a daily thrift towards it,pay times with room for extra ( harsh effects of currency devaluation is real for my country)

It has always worked, keeping my kids in school regardless of their father support or lack of support.

A friend of mine who is into printing does the printing job for his children's school and converts the labour charges to school fees. A lot of menial workers also keep their kids in school this way too.

So this drama really can end of parents are dedicated or committed to paying up. A woman sells food and fruits and saves the money with the school owner towards school fees. She is keeping the school in the loop and since she hardly fails her daily contribution, her kid stays in class though she often does complete payment till exams starts or even end.

So really, we can use the public school route or just commit ourselves to an effective payment system that the school can trust

It is possible if we stay committed

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