Expensive schools admission system a scam by any other name [IrishTimes]
- Published: 06 June 2010
OPINION: The rebirth of our society could start with a free admissions system for children regardless of means, writes AILISH CONNELLY
DIG DEEP mamas and papas, it’s that time of year. Chances are many of you will have already opened the cheque books merely to get your child on to lists for second-level schools of your choice.
By now you could be down several thousand euro and counting, and even those of you who wouldn’t or couldn’t dream of sending your child to a fee-paying school will be forking out substantial sums. Public schools are just as capable of using the application process as a money-making racket to boost their coffers.
It’s a bit of a hobby horse of mine, busy as I am writing cheques, hoping to sign the daughter up to a reasonable secondary school. She is in fourth class and won’t present her pretty self to any second-level school until September 2012, another 28 months away.
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