High cost of education

High cost of education

From Pikiran Rakyat

I am confused as to whom I should direct my questions about opportunities of kids to get a proper education.

My questions are as follows:

1. Can schoolchildren of elementary and secondary levels take the semester examination before they pay the school and the education management board contributions?

2. Can they further their education if the 1997/1998 financial obligations are still outstanding?

3. Will the registration fees be too big in view of the monetary crisis?

4. Is it compulsory for schoolchildren to take swimming lessons, so that all students must buy the entry tickets?

Parents who have lost their jobs due to cutbacks have a very difficult time sending their kids to school and have to pay various kinds of fees. Long before the monetary crisis hit the country there were a lot of unemployed people. Sadly, the government and the benefactors are not particularly concerned about their fate. On the other hand, the authorities are giving full attention to the jobless following their dismissal from work.

ENDANG D SUMPENA

Bandung, West Java