Two Victorian private schools are cutting their fees as students face the prospect of more remote learning in term four | madeleineheff coronavirus remotelearning viclockdown
Mr De Young expects Victoria’s non-government schools, which educate 36 per cent of the state’s 1 million students, to again freeze or marginally increase annual fees.Michelle Green, chief executive of Independent Schools Victoria, said schools had taken a range of actions to retain students during the pandemic, including fee discounts and deferrals.
“We don’t want to see any child miss out on a Catholic education because of their family’s financial circumstances,” said executive director Jim Miles. “This is to advise that the board has approved a fees rebate of $500 per student in 2021 and this will be applied to your school fees account today,” it told parents last week.
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