Childcare, education and educational online games: guess what’s the most expensive!
What do you think is more expensive for parents: to pay for kindergarten or for university? In China, for instance, EducationNews.org writes that “kindergarten costs more than college.”
According to Chinese parents and teachers, it is hardly possible “to find a reputable kindergarten in Beijing that charges less than 1,000 renminbi ($150) a month, which is a quarter of an average salary in the capital.” At the same time, “tuition and accommodation at Peking University, the country’s best” require a little bit more than $100 per month.
Unfortunately, high childcare costs would seem to be typical nowadays not only for China. “Childcare costs in England, Wales and Scotland are continuing to rise, a survey by the Daycare Trust suggests,” the BBC informs us. For example, “in Wales, nursery fees for children aged two and above rose by 11.3%.”
Sure, childcare and education have never been the cheapest things in the world. But should it be really so expensive nowadays? And what could you propose to make these services more accessible?
