lol crazy i'm with you on that one!
fer da record, i did goto a gubment school ma self, for a few years, den wen da parents cud afford it dey did trow me up in one private school.

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fer da record, i did goto a gubment school ma self, for a few years, den wen da parents cud afford it dey did trow me up in one private school.
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but my mum who was a teacher for some 11 years says there was always a little fee......

At the public school here the registration fee covers the cost of workbooks, craft supplies, extra paper and ink for the copier (copier bought by the PTA), etc. All things that benefit the students and add to the quality of education offered. The MOE does not provide everything needed to run a school...not even close, but if they provide the buildings, electricity, water and pay the staff then as parents we shouldn't mind contributing something. I know parents here that simply flat out refuse to pay anything!! Its not that they can't afford it, they just take the attitude that the Govt. is TOTALLY responsible. The parents who may be struggling will send a few dollars each week until its all paid...I'm willing to bet that some of the parents who complained to MOE this year can afford it, they just feel that since its public school then everything should be free. Money is kept for partying and buying phone cards and numbers....

I know parents here that simply flat out refuse to pay anything!! Its not that they can't afford it, they just take the attitude that the Govt. is TOTALLY responsible. The parents who may be struggling will send a few dollars each week until its all paid...

I love this idea, seriously.

here is my thinking behind my comment. it is a bad idea for the gov to say well if you cant afford it dont worry about.

if they do that they might as well do away with he fee becuase nobody will pay it even if they could afford it.

also i dont know what this fee is but i am sure its not hundreds of dollars. so if you cant afford the fee its clear you cant afford the books, uniforms, pencils, pens, paper, lunch etc for your kids and that means you cant afford to raise them properly and that means your beyound poor, your destitute basically homeless and the gov needs to take your kids.

also please note that these same people who say they cant afford it have multiply kids and some even be preggers while screaming they cant afford a simple registration fee.

The Bahamas needs to wake up NOW, where is the bahams going to be in 10-15 years with all these destitute people breedin like rabbits?

growing up we was POOR, my ma had 2 saw the way bahamian men carry on and vowed she wouldnt breed again. she worked her azz off to ensure her kids could go to school with lunch money, proper supplies, and uniform. she knew the gov was already providing a great service by educating her children so a 35 dollar reg fee seemed very resonable.

all this from a single black foriegn born woman with no high school diploma and 2 kids

there are soem though, who within context I believe or think in this case cannot truely afford it. We have pulbic education here for those who cannot afford the likes of private schooling to attend. So that everyone in this land can get an education, it may not all be equal and that is a separate issue. but it is an opportunity.. when you add so many expense.. my mother brought me and my sister and brother up for some years by herself, she had a decent job. but expenses DID add up, we went to public schools but the combination of rent, food, utilities, books, uniforms. they were so much to handle. we couldnt afford anything. when our school imposed a registration fee we fell. we couldnt afford it. we barely had money at all. we left the country then, moved to another caribbean island. and you know what. it got better.

Who came up with this $90 magic number, because we're assuming that it's a family of one or mayne two kids that has to pay; but if one family has five or six kids, that's a big deal to pay up all at once.

Who came up with this $90 magic number, because we're assuming that it's a family of one or mayne two kids that has to pay; but if one family has five or six kids, that's a big deal to pay up all at once.
now THERE'S a concern......Well what they should do is allow discounts for those with two or more children in the public schools' system.

People already pay taxes...the schools are barely open in time as it is WITH increased spending on education, national grades are slugishly moving. I'm not sure if it is fair to talk about levying registration fees anyway. The reason some people take their children into a public system is for the presumtion that everything aside from uniforms most personal school supplies are paid for by their taxes. I didn't even know there was registration fees for public schools.

It is unfair to tell children to stay in a certain school because you are in that district, when the school in their district levies a fee they cannot afford. If the education system needs more money find another way to get the revenue, rather than directly tax the parents in the public school system...and place the revenue in a fund specifically for education.

If it is not policy across the board to levy registration fees then no public school should levy it unless the government intends to make it a policy.

I dont recall the government saying:

1. Schools are to discontinue charging registration fees
2. Parents have the option of choosing whether or not these fees are necessary or if they would pay them
3. That if a child is accepted into the school that the fee never has to be paid.

What the Minister did say is NO GOVERNMENT SCHOOL SHALL REFUSE TO ADMIT A CHILD SOLELY ON THE BASIS THAT A PARENT CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY A SCHOOL REGISTRATION FEE!

To charge each student for ink for a PTA's copy machine is ridiculous. In my day, the fee covered PE uniforms, school crests, school tie, insurance, etc.

I totally support the govt's decision on this, and encourage them to review all these outrageous fees charged at different schools and come up with an across the board fee for all govt schools.

I dont recall the government saying:

1. Schools are to discontinue charging registration fees
2. Parents have the option of choosing whether or not these fees are necessary or if they would pay them
3. That if a child is accepted into the school that the fee never has to be paid.

What the Minister did say is NO GOVERNMENT SCHOOL SHALL REFUSE TO ADMIT A CHILD SOLELY ON THE BASIS THAT A PARENT CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY A SCHOOL REGISTRATION FEE!

To charge each student for ink for a PTA's copy machine is ridiculous. In my day, the fee covered PE uniforms, school crests, school tie, insurance, etc.

I totally support the govt's decision on this, and encourage them to review all these outrageous fees charged at different schools and come up with an across the board fee for all govt schools.

Ya mean ta tell me that each school creates their own amount for this registration fee? If that is so, that is wrong. There should be one set fee across the board.

This is my feeling on charging a fee. The majority of us already have a poor value system. Education is low on our priority list as a nation. I think if education were totally free then it would have absolutely no value to many in our nation. The saving grace may be that registration fee. "whey ya report card, I hope you een wastin my money". If you have to pay $5.00 per week until it is paid then that is what should happen but to waive it completely will be interpreted as "education een walue nuttin".

Jess my five cents.

Juss outta curiousity, how much da Min of Ed gettin from da budget again?

Ya mean ta tell me that each school creates their own amount for this registration fee? If that is so, that is wrong. There should be one set fee across the board.
This is my feeling on charging a fee. The majority of us already have a poor value system. Education is low on our priority list as a nation. I think if education were totally free then it would have absolutely no value to many in our nation. The saving grace may be that registration fee. "whey ya report card, I hope you een wastin my money". If you have to pay $5.00 per week until it is paid then that is what should happen but to waive it completely will be interpreted as "education een walue nuttin".
Jess my five cents.

Not charging tuition doesnt make it totally free though. There are always costs involved....books, materials, uniforms, field trips, graduation fees, fund raisers, etc. Every person who sends a child to school incurs some kind of expense.

Juss outta curiousity, how much da Min of Ed gettin from da budget again?

After some digging I found:

The education, youth, sports and culture services receive a total of $ 312 million, or 20% of total Recurrent Expenditure. Of this, the Department of Education will receive $207 million. The College of The Bahamas will receive $27 million. The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute will receive $6 million. The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture will receive $15 million. The Ministry of Education will receive $48million

Every person who sends a child to school incurs some kind of expense.

Thats the truth, cause right now im waiting on a shipment of crest to come and then there are the p e kits.