PERSONAL FINANCE: How to alleviate the financial pressure of education costs in 2023

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As times get tougher, parents are re-evaluating education choices, with the Old Mutual Savings & Investment Monitor 2022 reflecting that 9% of respondents had chosen to move their children to less expensive schools in the past year.

School fees and education costs were also the third most common reason for saving, with 29% of those using a stokvel indicating that this was their end goal. Where saving for education once meant saving for a tertiary education, fees for primary and secondary school have climbed such that parents need to save for these costs rather than trying to cover these fees from their monthly salaries.reports that some of the more prestigious private schools now cost more than R173,000.

“Historically, education costs have increased by [between] 2% and 3% above general inflation, meaning that, over time, they become a larger proportion of a household’s budget,” he says. This merely highlights the importance of saving or investing to reach an attainable end goal. Relying on a “pay-as-you-go” approach could result in you eventually having no capital saved up for your child’s future studies, which means you will most likely be forced to apply for prohibitively expensive credit.

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