Tuition fees in Australia`s private and public schools are rising again, and Australian families with children are becoming more and more burdensome!
Private school fees have increased by 64% over the past decade, while Australian pay has increased by only 40% over the same period! From kindergarten to high school Year 12 (about 3, 4 to 17, 18 years old), the total cost of private schools can be close to A $ four hundred and ninety thousand, according to the average city! About 33000 Australian dollars a year! Do you still think the tuition of studying abroad is expensive?
Similarly, compared with 2007, the cost of public schools increased by 25% to about A $70,000, but only 1/7 of the cost of private schools! Church schools grew by more than 50% to about two hundred and forty thousand Australian dollars, less than half the cost of private schools.
By region, Victoria`s private school costs are second only to Sydney, with a total cost of nearly five hundred and forty thousand Australian dollars, the second most expensive in the country, and the highest in the country, about 77,000 Australian dollars! In terms of tuition fees alone, 23% of schools in Victoria charge 20, 000 Australian dollars and above, accounting for the largest proportion.
According to data from 2015, children attending private schools account for about 20% of all students in Australia, while public schools account for 60% of all students in Australia. Understandably, private is too expensive-if a family has two children who want to send them to a private school, it will cost millions of Australian dollars! Kylie Unkovich, a teacher at a public school, said both of her sons went to private schools, but she felt that while parents always thought private schools would be better, they were in fact the same quality of instruction as public schools.
Education Secretary Simon Birmingham warned schools should adjust the increase in fees and take into account factors such as a slowdown in the economy, pay growth, and a flat consumer price index. Steven Elder, chief executive of the Melbourne Catholic Education Association, promised that church schools would be paid as cheaply as possible to help Catholic families. Beth Blackwood, executive chairman of the Australian Federation of Private Schools, said the average increase in private school fees this year was only 4%, given the decline in goverment grants and subsidies, which is very conservative. Moreover, tuition fees for private schools in each school district match the level of income in the region.
On the one hand, Education Secretary Simon Birmingham acknowledged that the cancellation of the, School Kids Bonus would make the situation more difficult for many families. On the other hand, the feedback from parents showed that they were not surprised by the increase in school expenses. I think I`m used to it.
Australian netizens argue that the surge in private school fees is determined by the supply and demand of the market. The more parents are willing to send their children to private schools, the higher the costs are, of course, and the more public schools should reflect on the reasons behind it.
There are also parents who share their children`s experience of attending private schools, arguing that tuition fees in private schools are justified:
There is also support for parents to send their children to private schools because it can help taxpayers save money:
The fastest-growing school expenses are tuition, extra-curricular activities, hiking and uniforms. Some parents have to abandon plans to buy homes and cars so that their children can stay in private schools or participate in extra extracurricular activities. In short, as John Velegrinis, executive chairman of the Australian Scholarship Association (ASG), puts it: the increase in tuition fees is due to a stable and supportive client base, in other words, that parents are willing to sacrifice themselves. And send the kids to expensive schools. "
The following is a list of educational costs for babies born in 2017:
