For a poor family to send children to a modest private school can cost RD$20,000 per child, for the middle class in mid-range private schools RD$74,000 and for the rich in top bilingual schools RD$500,000, reports Listin Diario. The school year starts on 17 August in the DR.
The breakdown for poor children attending private schools is RD$1,000 registration, RD$9,000 tuition, RD$5,500 for books and school supplies, RD$2,500 for sporting goods and RD$1,000 for backpack and lunchbox.
The middle class breakdown is closer to RD$6,300 for registration, RD$45,000 in tuition, RD$6,870 in books and school supplies, RD$1,200 in backpack and lunchbox and RD$5,000 for uniforms.
The wealthy pay as much as RD$403,633 in tuition.

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