ifriend

Dear ALL,

Last month, there was a expo about studying in Australian in my home town. The speaker has mentioned that there is a subvention from government whom is studying in private school if you are PR in Oz.

Can anyone give me more information about this kind of matter?

Thanks a lot!

Jimbo9

Never heard of any subsidy to send your kids to private schools in Oz whether you a a PR or a citizen - I know there is a visa class where you dont get free state care!

The schools I saw in Sydney cost from $5000 to $15000 p.a.

ABCDiamond

Following on from Jimbo9's post, some private schools start at around $2,000 per year, mainly the Christian link ones, and the Catholic ones can be even cheaper.

I'm not sure what "subvention" means, so I can't help with that, but i'll go and look it up now

ABCDiamond

Now that I have found out what it means, here is a link to a web site that gives info on Private School fundings:

http://www.isca.edu.au/html/updates.htm

From the info I have seen there, I can understand why the government is happy for private schools to be getting more popular.

For each child in a State school, the government funds almost $9,000.

Whereas for those in Private education they only contribute around $5,000.

ifriend

Does it means the funding is for the schools, not for the students? i.e. we still need to pay the higher school fee if we study in private school?

Sandra

Yes the fee are still payable in private schools regardless of government funding.

Government schools will also have 'fee' structures - contributions towards costs, these do range in amount based on area and level of schooling, we are currently paying approx $500 a year for government high school for one child and another to join next year.

Cheers