You know that educating your children is one of the most important things you’ll ever do for them, but have you ever stopped to work out how much each day at school is actually costing you?
The cost of a child’s education is getting increasingly steeper in many locations across the country, and most school fees for 2019 increased above the rate of inflation. The total average increases for South African school fees in 2019 were as follows:In South Africa, each school-going learner attends about 200 days of school a year. In this article, we’ll crunch the numbers for you so that you can get a better understanding of the true cost of each day at school.
Using a figure of R22 500, each day at school costs R112 50. But what about all the other compulsory costs and expenses you’ll incur? There’s a bit more to schooling than just the fees themselves… If your child's school has a standard school uniform , you can shop around at the major retail clothing stores. If this is the case, a school uniform will cost between R300 to R800. However, many schools have very specific uniforms .