NewsWhore
10-05-2009, 11:50 AM
The tricky issue of pre-paid school terms is on the agenda for a meeting between several associations and the Minister of Education, Melanio Paredes this afternoon. Not all of the private schools in the country are in support of the pre-payment of the school year as established by several associations representing private schools, an issue that will be dealt with at the meeting taking place at ministry headquarters.
There are 3200 private schools in the country and more than 20 associations that represent these establishments, and of these, only 8 signed the resolution that set out the pre-payment requirement. One of the reasons for demanding advance payment, which was changed to quarterly after an outcry from parents, was that many students have debts accumulated from previous years.
Even though the measure has generated harsh criticism, Fauntly Garrido of the National Federation of Private Schools, representing 270 schools, made it clear that not everyone proposes the pre-payment plan. "The problem is that here there is a school sector that feels threatened by their clients' behavior, the parents of their students", he told Diario Libre. He pointed out that private schools don't have legal departments for dealing with debts and that the only way to guarantee payment is to demand it in advance.
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There are 3200 private schools in the country and more than 20 associations that represent these establishments, and of these, only 8 signed the resolution that set out the pre-payment requirement. One of the reasons for demanding advance payment, which was changed to quarterly after an outcry from parents, was that many students have debts accumulated from previous years.
Even though the measure has generated harsh criticism, Fauntly Garrido of the National Federation of Private Schools, representing 270 schools, made it clear that not everyone proposes the pre-payment plan. "The problem is that here there is a school sector that feels threatened by their clients' behavior, the parents of their students", he told Diario Libre. He pointed out that private schools don't have legal departments for dealing with debts and that the only way to guarantee payment is to demand it in advance.
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