Education and recycling is going hand in hand at a Nigerian school

An unorthodox way to pay tuition fees: A Nigerian school in a poverty-stricken area in Lagos is allowing parents to pay tuition fees for their children in plastic bottles in a bid to accommodate a rising number of unschooled children and plastic bottles on the streets, Quartzreported last week. Morit International School in Lagos’ Ajegunle allows parents to weigh and sell their collected plastic bottles in exchange for tuition fees, with one plastic bottle amounting to the equivalent to NGN 1. School fees range between NGN 10.2k for preschool and NGN 11.2k for primary school. School founder Patrick Mbamarah’s revolutionary idea has garnered support from the African Cleanup Initiative and Wecyclers since 2019, with more recycling-focused businesses wanting to take part.

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