#Fin24savings: Price tag does not determine good education

Fin24 spoke to an education expert on the cost of private education.

READ: Why I pay a fortune for private school education

Dr Michael le Cordeur, who is the chair of curriculum studies at the Department of Education at the University of Stellenbosch, said the issue of childhood education is perhaps more complex than one would imagine.

In his view, a good education is determined by the quality of teachers, the quality of leadership at the school and how the governing body of the school performs its task.

"You will always have your exclusive 'boys' club' going to very expensive schools. It is their democratic right, but it does not guarantee a wonderful education at the end of 12 years," he said.

READ: Parents cough up R90 000 a year to raise a child

In a Fin24 Twitter poll, asking users if they are willing and able to afford paying R250k per year for children’s education, just 11% of the respondents said paying this much is wort  it. 64% of users said they could not afford it, while 25% said they don’t have children.

— Fin24 (@Fin24) January 23, 2017