(1) No tuition fees consequent to the student's attendance in an educational programme at a public school under section 27 shall be charged to the student or the parents of the student.
(2) Despite subsection (1)—
(a) tuition fees may be payable in such amounts, for such purposes and by such persons or classes of persons who are not citizens of any Member State or Associated Member State of the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States as the Minister may prescribe by order published in the Gazette; and
(b) other charges may be imposed at a public school or assisted private school with the approval of the Minister.