Future of education affordability in the spotlight

Boys from a private high school in Brisbane

Source: AAP

New research has painted a grim picture of the future of education affordability, with the Australian Scholarship Group (ASG)estimating parents will spend around half a million dollars educating each child born in 2018. The data has been called into question by some, but families are reporting that financial stress is forcing them to rethink where they send their children to school. Peggy Giakoumelos and Camille Bianchi reports.



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