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€300 for a school uniform enough to make parents cry
A Church school uniform costs almost €300 while government schools' uniforms in the secondary school fetch up to €208
12 November 2013, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
1 min read
School uniforms can cost up to a maximum of €296.50 in a church school, according to a parliamentary question reply by education minister Evarist Bartolo.
The disconcerting figure was the maximum price quoted to the ministry by one of the schools falling under the education secretariat of the Catholic archdiocese, whose teachers' salaries are paid directly by the state.
The lowest price quoted for a uniform was of €85, while prices appear to have remained relatively stable over the past five years with no major changes to uniform style.
On the other hand, the highest price for a uniform in the government school network was that for secondary school girls and boys from the St Therese College: €208.85 and €195.10. Boys from the St Nicholas College network spent up to €199.70 for their secondary school uniform.
It's an impressive regalia too: a full summer and winter secondary school uniform would consist of polo shirt, trousers or skirt, a cap, P.E. shorts and T-shirt, jersey, tie or cross-tie, a tracksuit, blazer and even a school anorak.
The highest price for a primary school uniform was again from the St Therese College, at €153.85 for girls' uniforms, and €150.75 for boys and girls from the Gozo College network.
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One question. How can a family with say, with three or four children afford these prices? This seems to be a very profitable business for somebody and I also wonder if the colleges and the schools get a kickback in all of this? This is what monopolies do. I like to see school children in uniforms but not at this cost. It is outrageous and this is highway robbery condoned by the church, yes our charitable church.
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The questions to ask is: Why all this variation in the costs of a uniform from one college to another?
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Absurd! Now tag on where applicable Holy Communion dresses and such like. Povra Church! She led the way to materialism and this has now taken over.
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Where is the promise mad before the Election a lot of Bla Bla Bla and bullshit
Paul Sammut •
Flus mehudha minn halq l-ulied. Il-Kummissarju tat-tfal ser tinvestiga?
Paul Sammut •
Flus mehudha minn halq l-ulied. Il-Kummissarju tat-tfal ser tinvestiga?
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O WELL IF YOU GOT IT FLAUNT IT.
