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Article: Academic year painful to parents - public schools vs. private schools in Lebanon.
- Article from:
- The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
- Article date:
- September 28, 2009
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Byline: Filip Ericsson
Summary:
Reina Wardini, a mother of two, laughs out loud at the thought of sending her boys to a public school.Aa"There was no decision to make. The schooling my children receive in a private school is of a higher level," she says. Yet like many Lebanese families, it is a choice she pays dearly for. The Wardini family pays 5 million Lebanese pounds a year for Paul, 15 and again for Jean.
BEIRUT: Reina Wardini, a mother of two, laughs out loud at the thought of sending her boys to a public school.Aa"There was no decision to make. The schooling my children receive in a private school is of a higher level," she says. Yet like many ...