The ACT is the only jurisdiction in Australia where there has been an average annual fee increase at private schools this year, despite the significant effect of COVID-19 on the Australian economy. Data contained in the EdStart School Fees Report ...

Private funding initiatives have the potential to create – or further cement – a multi-tiered education system based on parental capacity and inclination to pay.  Senior lecturer at Queensland University of Technology Anna Hogan raised this concern on the back of ...

More than two thirds of parents feel financial pressure when paying schools fees. Overall, 68 per cent of parents feel either a little or a lot of financial pressure to pay for school fees. This figure rose to 80 per ...

A Monash University expert has refuted research that suggests school costs have dramatically risen. Dr David Zyngier, a senior education lecturer, says the numbers in the Planning for Education Index 2018 by education scholarship plan provider Australian Scholarship Group (ASG), "may or may not ...

An analysis of Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority data shows that the priciest private schools don't necessarily produce students with better academic results than ones that cost less, and that putting kids in single-sex schools makes more of a difference. The Good Education Group (GEG), a private ...

Critics of independent schools say fees have risen too much over the past decade but supporters argue that they match CPI increases and are essential for basic operations. The past decade has been nothing short of turbulent in economic terms. ...