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Parents pulling kids from private schools because of rising fees: report
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There was indeed a story some time ago about Curro also losing a lot of students. If I remember correctly, they were looking at some new kind of financing. Instead of paying monthly fees, they were considering a long-term loan for the whole school term, which would mean lowered monthly contributions. I cannot recall precisely what they had planned.
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Home schooling groups with a competent teacher may be a valid solution going forward.
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My son goes to a special needs school, currently over a third of children are on some form of fee exemption , expecting to get worse. And the government doesn't subsidize those exemptions, the school must find a way.
Education is a serious mess at the moment with regards to funding and cost.
Education is a serious mess at the moment with regards to funding and cost.
Surprise, the price of things go up each year.
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Surely there must be a quota of how many can be exempted from paying to keep the school functioning. A third sounds rather too high. It'd think a reasonable figure would be 10%, maybe 15% at worst.
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Well that much is obvious...
The crux of the thread is the same. I recall either libs or LazyLion who part took in the thread saying that homes schooling seem the best option and they are currently doing it. The discussion then evolved into discussing the pros/cons of home schooling. Either way, been googling it now for a while I can't find it
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One of my neighbours is a family with 4 children.
They're not poverty-stricken in the least but have chosen to homeschool rather than either pay the exhorbitant private school fees or use the state schools.
It seems to be working out for them, so far.
They're not poverty-stricken in the least but have chosen to homeschool rather than either pay the exhorbitant private school fees or use the state schools.
It seems to be working out for them, so far.
Well that much is obvious...
The crux of the thread is the same. I recall either libs or LazyLion who part took in the thread saying that homes schooling seem the best option and they are currently doing it. The discussion then evolved into discussing the pros/cons of home schooling. Either way, been googling it now for a while I can't find it
https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/what-are-pros-and-cons-of-homeschooling.407787/
Is a bit older than what you're referring to.
Oh, there's this too
https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/thr...r-people-who-plan-to-do-homeschooling.965161/
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See ^^ this is the route the other thread went in.
Aquila ka Hecate
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You've just time travelled and are remembering something from the rest of our future.
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No wasn't those. It was about an article that claimed people are moving their kids from Private school to Public due to increase in fee and it becoming unaffordable.
Either way, wasted enough time on it now
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Eish...
There was a good conclusion drawn at the end iirc. It's cheaper to have a wife stay at home and school kids than both working and paying school fee for private education.
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Geez ... who would have thought that with everything being more expensive + stealth taxes being bolted on everywhere; people are still abe
Special needs kids ... don't exactly have many places to go.
Special needs kids ... don't exactly have many places to go.
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About 20k pm gross, fresh out of uni.
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Nope, no quota. Mandated by the government to consider any and all requests for remission as it is a public special needs school. There are many genuine cases where folks can't afford it ( although the fees are actually very very reasonable ) and there are also odd people who take the ring out of it where they can pay but choose not to ( belief in free education, drive a fancy car but don't pay fees ).
The school also only has around 320+ learners and has to support additional educators, therapists and support staff, smaller class sizes due to the nature of children attending. The school does a wonderful job but has to raise more than half their funds via donations or fundraising. Lotto used to give funds but not this year sadly and with the economy many donors are struggling themselves.
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**** me. I think I better find a job in the city. Hell I can even go for slightly less if SO can earn that. Although my 2 horse town does have its perks. Rush hour traffic means 5 minutes, not hours. Maybe I luck out haha
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So what's the fees?
It's pointless linking anything to the Sunday Times, because pretty much everything is "This article is reserved for Sunday Times subscribers"...
It's pointless linking anything to the Sunday Times, because pretty much everything is "This article is reserved for Sunday Times subscribers"...
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They did paraphrase the increases, basically around 8% which is nearly double inflation. That's the point of the article, that it's unsustainable.