私校学费太贵 近12%家庭花费一半收入

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Investing in her future ... Louise Dwyer with daughter Courtenay.



据2008年1月27日《悉尼晨锋报》报道，Bankwest一项最新调查显示，子女教育费用是澳洲父母沉重的负担，半数送子女就读私立学校的父母感到财务紧张，近12%的家庭孩子教育费用超过其家庭收入的一半。 在送子女入读私立学校和天主教教会学校的父母中，约三分之一要花费超过15%的家庭收入。孩子就读私立学校的近12%家长及就读天主教学校的1.3%家长，需要预备高达一半的工资收入来支付各项学杂费用。在年收入在$7.5~10万元的家庭中，约40%用多达半数的纯收入，支付子女的私立教育学费。

有4%子女就读天主教学校、1.3%子女就读私立学校的家长表示50%~75%的家庭收入用来付学费，53%的私立学校、47%的天主教学校学生家长承认他们的子女教育导致财务困难。

这项调查也消除了人们普遍印象中的一个“神话”，即只有富人送子女到私立学校就读。事实上，在2006年，有超过36.9万名学生入读新州的私立学校，约73.9万名入读该州的公立学校。

送一个孩子入读私立学校的年平均费用为$14,201元，是天主教学校的两倍多。研究报告还发现，私立学校的父母，还需要每年平均额外支付$2300元的校服、课外活动、教科书和文具费用，而天主教学校为1600元，公立学校为1200元。

这项调查指出，教学标准、学科、出色的学术纪录和教学资源，是父母选择私立学校的主要原因。此外，子女长大参加工作后可能存在的人脉网络、社交价值，宗教教育和家长间的社交机会等也时重要考量。

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Parents bear pain for private schools

   
January 27, 2008

HALF the Australian parents who send their children to private school are finding it a financial strain, and one in 10 families spend more than half their take-home pay on their children's education.

Research has also found that about a third of parents who send their children to independent (private) and Catholic schools allocate more than 15percent of their household income to their children's education.

Close to 12percent of parents with children at independent schools, and 1.3percent of Catholic school parents, reserve up to half their income for school fees, the report, commissioned by BankWest, found.

Some parents - Catholic school (4percent) and private (1.3percent) - dedicate between 50 and 75percent of their household income to school fees.

The report said that 53 percent of independent school parents and 47percent of Catholic school parents found paying for their children's education was financially tough.

A BankWest spokeswoman said the survey dispelled the myth that only the well-off were educating their children at private schools. Figures show more than 369,000 students attended private schools in NSW in 2006. About 739,000 students attend public schools.

The report found that the average cost of sending a child to an independent school was $14,201 a year, more than double that of Catholic schools.

It also found that, on average, independent school parents spend an extra $2300 a year on uniforms, extracurricular activities, textbooks and stationery. Parents had to find $1600 for Catholic schools and $1200 for public schools.

Executive director of the Council of Catholic School Parents Danielle Cronin said she was not surprised by the research, and that while Catholic schools tried to keep fees down, they were a strain on some families.

"I think Catholic schools have a very diverse population in terms of socio-economic statistics," she said.

"I believe that Catholic schools probably aren't enrolling financially needy families simply because the fees are prohibitive, even though some of the fees are quite low compared to independent schools."

In the report, parents cited the standard of education, discipline, better academic record and resources as the main reasons for sending their children to private schools.

They also said the better focus on social values, networking opportunities for their children when entering the workforce, religious education and social opportunities for the parents were important.


IT'S WORTH IT

SINGLE parent Louise Dwyer will spend more than 30percent of her take-home pay on her daughter's Catholic school education this year.

Courtenay, 12, will start year 7 at St Mary's, Star of the Sea College, Wollongong this week.

Ms Dwyer estimates she will spend about $10,000 a year, including $5000 in school fees, $1200 on uniforms, $600 for school camp and $2000 for a laptop computer every other year. She recently bought a $7500 computer tutor program for English and maths up to year 12.

The financial burden means things such as holidays are sacrificed.
THAT'LL LEARN YOU

- Average fee for Catholic schools: $5099

- Average voluntary contributions for NSW public primary schools: $37

- Average voluntary contributions for NSW public secondary schools: $80

- Extra costs (uniforms, textbooks, extracurricular activities and school trips) for private schools: $2300

- Extra costs for Catholic schools: $1600

- Extra costs for public schools: $1200

- Average fee for independent schools: $14,201

Source: BankWest Back To School survey and NSW Department of Education and Training.

baolqun

15%可以接受。。。50%就太多了。。。