School tuition fees climb steeply

[NewsWhore]

As usual, private schools in the Dominican Republic have announced increases in tuition fees for the 2007-2008 school year, some as high as 100%. The president of the Public and Private School Parents Federation, Juan Avila said that 20% of Catholic schools had announced increases and 50% of the other private educational centers had done the same. Avila complained that there were no viable controls in place to prevent schools from imposing unlimited tuition increases. On the other hand, several school officials contacted by Diario Libre told reporter Tania Morales that higher fees were necessary to maintain the quality education that parents demand. The director of the famous Colegio Calasanz told the reporter that their teachers did not get a salary increase last year, but that in the light of current inflation, it was necessary to give them a pay raise.

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