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"When a neighbor recommended Morit International School to Ijeoma Obiora three
years ago and told her tuition fee was not paid in cash but through plastic
bottles, she found it hard to believe. She had never heard of such a thing.
Today, her 13-year-old daughter has comfortably settled into the school.
“Academically, the school is very good for my daughter, who’s now in JSS 1.
Financially, it removes my worries about having to provide education for her on
a stringent budget,” says Obiora. “These days, the first thing I do when I see
a plastic bottle that has been thrown away is to pick it up. I don’t even think
twice, the only thing on my mind is collecting waste to take to school.”
At Morit International School in Ajegunle, Lagos, one plastic bottle equals one
naira, so parents bring a lot of plastic bottles to be weighed and sold, paying
their children’s school fees in this unorthodox way.
Although it is the sole responsibility of the parents to gather the bottles for
school fees payment, each student is encouraged to bring five bottles a day to
teach them how to be “environmentally responsible children for the future.”"
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The Fixer April 19, 2023:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
