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 Our Fees

Running any school costs money, but it costs much more to provide a high-quality education.

We provide our learners with one of the best educations in Zambia. In 2024, this will cost us over K1,600,000 in running costs (power, food, repairs, etc), equipment, books and salaries.

We run the school as a Public Benefit Organisation, so nobody is trying to make money from educating children. Instead, the school has friends overseas who cover half our costs. They give so we can keep our fees as low as possible.

This means you can buy a Mukwashi education for your child which is worth three times the price you actually pay.

We charge fees per term, and we ask you to pay for the whole term in advance at the start of every term.

 Our fees & hours for 2024


Parents and carers who pay their fees in full at the start of term receive a 10% discount on the following term’s fees.

Parents and carers who are paid monthly may make a signed, formal agreement with the school to pay each term’s fees in two equal instalments; those who are paid fortnightly may make a signed, formal agreement to pay each term’s fees in four equal instalments.

Parents with several children may make a signed formal agreement to spread the year’s fees and make eleven equal monthly payments from January to November.

  • FEES:
  • Early Years:

    (Morning)   K585 per term 

  • Primary:

    (Reception – Grade 7)  K585 per term

  • Extra Class:

    (Additional learning)  K250 per term

  • Secondary:

    (Grades 8 – 12)  K855 per term

  • HOURS:
  • Early Years:

    7:00am – 12 noon

  • Grades R – 3:

    12:50pm – 4:10pm

  • Grades 4 – 7:

    7:00am – 12 noon

  • Extra Class:

    1:00pm – 4:00pm

  • Grades 8 – 12:

    7:50am – 3:20pm

  • Catch Up:

    Lower Primary – 7:00am – 12:00 noon          Upper Primary – 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Mukwashi Bursary Fund

We offer 20 places with a 50% fee discount to learners whose parents, together, earn less than K1,100 per month.

We offer 55 free places to learners who are orphans, or whose parents are both unemployed, or whose parents, together, earn less than K800 per month.

Mukwashi Food Programme

We provide all learners with a FREE daily cooked meal which is as nutritious as possible.

Mukwashi School Buses 

We provide a daily bus service to and from school. Two buses run between Mwembeshi and Garden House.

We charge K35 per week for learners joining the bus between Farmers Bar & Kalundu, and K50 per week for those joining between Mwembeshi & Farmers Bar, or between Kalundu & Garden House. You must pay the fare in advance at school. 

Learners without  tickets are not allowed to use the buses!   Bus travel is free for bursary learners.

Mukwashi School Uniform

Your child must wear our simple and affordable school uniform —- which you can buy either at the school shop or at the City Clothing Factory in Lusaka.

School uniform – left to right: lower secondary prefect (short sleeved white shirt, black tie); upper secondary prefect (long sleeved white shirt, black tie); upper secondary (long sleeved white shirt, striped tie); lower secondary (short sleeved white shirt, red tie); primary (short sleeved burgundy check shirt, no tie); PE, all school (yellow shirt, black shorts or leggings).