Education in Australia.... where is it heading? Kulasegaram Sanchayan reports in Tamil with two features written by SBS News Desk. The first is on the cost of education by Abby Dinham, who says that new figures from the Australian Scholarships Group suggest the price of educating children has risen significantly over the past decade, with private school costs rising by over 60 per cent. The Group says parents are reporting major increases, and the school fees are just the beginning. The later by Sunil Awasthi, who argues that new figures show university dropout rates across Australia are getting worse. One-third of students are failing to finish their course within six years.