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Published on: 2/1/2007
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Joy Quigley, executive director of Independent Schools of NZ, told New Zealand's Sunday Star Times that some parents are now choosing private schooling because paying school fees works out cheaper than buying a house "in zone" for the best state schools. (Private school fees are typically much lower in New Zealand than in the UK.Highly rated private schools in New Zealand might charge around £4,000 - £6000 a year for fees.)
Mrs Quigley said that New Zealand's 105 private schools would educate 30,000 children this year - up from 25,000 in 2000.In the same period, while enrolments at state schools have fallen, the number of pupils going to Catholic schools in New Zealand has increased from 62,000 to 66,000.