HIGH COST EDUCATION NOW (THE REAL CASE IN JAKARTA) (INSURANCE III)

Today we will discuss about the miscellaneous education for the Baby. Thinking of school fees is to make our heads spin. Why not, everyone would agree if this sort of expensive school fees now buangettss! Just look at the proffered list of school fees ranging from Entry Fee, DP till Money Monthly, things really make us long sight instead?!

As already mentioned in previous articles, preparing children's education fund is a duty or job as a parent, who is very urgent and important things to do because this is a requirement that can not be postponed. The earlier would be better prepared. Especially when viewed from the household budget, the post "expense of children" siphoning of funds that are not small. Where the parents who don’t want to provide for the best one for their children?

Therefore, the Smart Family to obtain a clear picture of what is actually funding that need to be prepared, Smart Family’s team tried to do a simple survey of school fees in Jakarta.

Starting from level Playgroup / Preschool devoted children aged 1-4 years. Various private Playgroup founded in Jakarta and scattered in different areas of the city such as Jakarta, East, West, North and South. Ranging from the use introduction to Indonesian to English, set school fees vary depending on the facilities provided and the ratio of the number of students and teachers.

Call it "KidSport" which pegged the base money amounted to 3.5 Million rupiah, while the monthly money. 300 thousand rupiah - 575 thousand rupiah, which is equivalent . 3.6 Million rupiah. Till 6.9 million rupiah per year. This means that prospective parents must provide a total education money around 10 million rupiah in its first year.

Names such as Khayangan Playgroup Montessori School (Depok), Jasmine Al Izhar (Cinere), Apple Tree (Muara Karang), Phoenix Kids (Menteng) and Pupa Playgroup (South Jakarta) to establish the cost in the range as follows:

1.      The base currency: 3 million rupiah - 7 million rupiah

2.      Tuition fees: 400 thousand rupiah - 850 thousand rupiah, it means that the total is the range 4.8 million rupiah - 10.2 million rupiah  per-year

3.      Total for the first year: 7.8 million rupiah - 17.2 million rupiah.

Not to be  mentioned for the Preschool that use an international curriculum and use the language of instruction and English as Dolanan Bina Nusantara in Jakarta Selatan, Sevilla School in East Jakarta, which pegged the cost:

1.      Money base: Rp.  6 million rupiah- 35 million rupiah.

2.     Tuition fees: 1.5 million rupiah - 3.0 million rupiah, it means that the total range is 18 million rupiah- 36 million rupiah per- year.

3.      Total first year: 33 million rupiah- 71 million rupiah

Fortunately, not all Play Group in Jakarta is private. There is still a public school choice more affordable to the general public.

What about kindergarten? It turned out that kindergarten is not much different from the Play Group. The names of schools that signed the National and National Plus category as Santa Ursula (BSD), Images of Nature (Ciganjur), Ar-Rachman (Setiabudi), Jubille (Sunter), Gandhi Memorial International School (Pangandaran), High / Scope Indonesia, TK Islam Yarsi (Cempaka Putih), TK Blue (Cinere), TK Marsudirini (Bogor) also set school fees in the range of more or less the same:

1.      The base currency: 5.0 million rupiah - 17.5 million rupiah.

2.      Tuition fees: 400 thousand rupiah - 1.1 million rupiah, it means that the total of the range is 4.8 million rupiah- 13.2 million tupiah per-year

3.      Total Year One: 9.8 million rupiah- 30.7 million rupiah.

There is also a Preschool / kindergarten set entry fees in foreign currency is U.S. $ as Springfield Preschool and Global Nusantara School. Its magnitude is:

1.      The base currency: $ 500- $ 1.200.

2.      Tuition fees: $ 180 - $ 220, it means that the total of the range is  $ 2.160 - $ 2.640 per-year.

3.      Total first year: $ 2.660 - $ 3.840.

Uppsss, Yielding Now, amazing indeed! Or rather dizzy! To educate children ages 1 to 5 years, middle-class parents' pockets over Indonesia in the big cities have drained so much .. If only TK alone is that much expensive, how elementary, junior high and high school! Not to mention the class for Bachelor Degree and Master or Magister Degree!

Indeed, it's going to faint if they found out the school fees for children's education our beloved rose about 20% annually. Now let us look at the data entry fee from a number of elementary schools (SD) in Jakarta, the national seed as follows:

1.      SD Tarakanita (Rawamangun) 7.5 million rupiah.

2.      SD CPC Sower (Kelapa Gading) 15 million rupiah.

3.      SD Bellarminus 11.5 million rupiah (The Building Fee: 800 thousand rupiah/ month)

4.      SD Global Jaya (Bintaro) 14 million rupiah (The building Fee: 3.8 million rupiah/ month).

5.      SD Al-Azhar (Kelapa Gading) 20 million rupiah.

6.      SD High / Scope 40 million rupiah (The building Fee: 2.4 million rupiah / month)

7.       SD Madania 47 million rupiah.

8.       Ancestor SD (South Jakarta) 50 million rupiah.

Similarly, the level of junior high school (SMP) and senior high school (SMA) in Jakarta, for example:

1.      Don Bosco Junior High School (Pulo Mas) 12 million rupiah.

2.      SMP Lab School (Rawamangun)  16.9 million rupiah

3.      Lab School (Rawamangun)  17 million rupiah.

4.      SMA IPEKA  18 million rupiah.

5.      SMA Al Azhar (Pondok Labu) 22 million rupiah(The Building Fee:  800 thousand rupiah/ month).

KCers (In English known like Smart Family), the data above is taken from various sources and data survey conducted in 2007 and 2008. After knowing how much funding should we provide for the education of our children, still do we dare close your eyes and delaying preparations! Try to count from now how much school costs that must be provided when the time comes your child up to the level of education above the increase per year is about 20% ... hopefully you are still conscious look at the numbers. (Copyright © 2008 KeluargaCerdas.com)

So only min 10 000 rupiah for a day was set aside your money, at least can provide solutions to this gracious face of your child's education expenses. If you are so interested join with me.