adminHow heads, SDAs loot school levies
Felex Share Herald Reporter
MOST heads and School Development Associations are allegedly looting levies by generating invoices with inflated prices of goods and learning materials they buy.
Zimbabwe Schools Development Associations and Committees president Mr Claudio Mutasa yesterday said some school administrators also use fake quotations.
The association monitors the operations of SDCs countrywide to ensure accountability in the administration of funds.
Mr Mutasa said some school administrators work in cahoots with suppliers who pay them the difference after schools make their payments.
“As a national association, we have been handling a lot of cases ever since the dollarisation of the economy.
“We have parents and teachers who come to the office on a daily basis with cases of corruption being committed by school heads. From what we have gathered, most of the school administrators use the
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