What is the average price of attending kindergarten school in china?

Question

I am being told that it cost about $250.00 to attend school per month. I am planning on sponsoring a childs schooling and I need to know the price for Kindergarden school or pre school

Answer 1

I think that you are getting ripped off..you better go check it out before you start sending money out. It might be going to someone pocket. It sounds like you have good intentions..you might want to go to a shelter and a give a kid a toy and some clothes. At least this you can see exactly who you are giving to.

I've done this before and it's nice to see a happy kid.

good luck!!

Answer 2

That is nonsense. Schooling is free in China.

$250 is the average weekly wage for people in rural areas.

I suggest you ask the charity for a breakdown of how they work out those costs. Because it sounds to me like a profit is being made somewhere.

Answer 3

Kindergarten shouldn't cost anything - schooling is free in the United States - you are saying it costs to go to school in China?  Preschool is a different story -it can be quite expensive depending on where you live. I run a small private preschool in Ohio and it is only $95 a month.

Answer 4

here's a link to an overview of education in china:

http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~dbski/publi...

here's what it says about primary education:

Primary education includes pre-school education and elementary education. Pre-school, or kindergarten, can last up to three years, with children entering as early as age three, until age six, when they typically enter elementary school. Elementary school begins with the first grade, and then proceeds through either grades five or six, depending on the system.

The academic year is divided into two semesters, each consisting of 19 weeks, with a total of 38 weeks of instruction for the year. In addition there is one week ``in reserve'' (similar to ``snow days,'' in this country) for additional time as needed. The remaining 13 weeks are for vacations and holidays.

here's something it says about the pricing:

The schools are charged a variety of fees by the local authorities, [6] which are then passed along to the students. One trade union study of primary and middle schools in Chongqing, a very large city in the Sichuan Province, revealed that the average cost of miscellaneous fees for primary students in 1994 was 95.9 yuan; for junior and senior secondary students, the average fees totaled 155.5 yuan and 257.3 yuan, respectively.

257.3 yuan= $36....in the poorer parts of china, this is a lot of money!

i'm not sure what the actual cost of a month's education in china is. in Pennsylvania, the average cost of one year's education in a public school for a child is around $7000. mind you, the child doesn't pay it...it's paid through the state and local taxes and subsidies.

ask the place you are going to donate through for a breakdown of how your money will be spent, if you're feeling nervous about where the money is going.