How much are middle /high school fees in China

[tokyo_girl]

I was wondering how much are middle school / high school fees for

Chinese students in regular government schools in China.

I was speaking to a former student the other day who said he thought

about 5000RMB. for high school.

Is that right? Is that for 1 year or 3 years?

How about SHS?

TIA

[tokyo_girl]

I should add perhaps that it's in the north of Jiangsu in the countryside, if that makes any difference.

[Socks]

Here in the city I am in in Xinjiang, the fees for middle schools are free, students just pay for their books and supplies. For senior school students (since sr school is not mandatory) it is about 1500 per semester plus books and supplies.

[tokyo_girl]

thanks very much

Do you know if it's free middle school rates because it's western China?

I heard the policy of middle school fees is changing - free / cheaper but I'm not sure of a timetable or where it's being introduced.

Anyone in other parts of China have figures to compare it against.

[freshdry]

i'm in zhejiang province.and the middle school fee was about 400 per semester 4 year ago

for high school it is 1350 per semester now.

[tokyo_girl]

Wow, that's more than I expected.

I guess Zhejiang would be expensive relative to other parts in China.

Do you know if this includes books, school lunch etc?

[knight778]

Of course comparing with any other province in mainland china(expect for Hongkong,Taiwan or Macao), everything in Zhejiang seems much more expensive than that of other parts! Because of the huge gap in development between provinces,the middle/high school cost can vary from damn low to extremely high, I consulted some information that the average fee for middle school in Zhejiang province is some 800 RMB per semester in 2006 and 1400 RMB for high school...

As far as i know,the fee only includes books,regular health examination! For the rest, u should pay extra fee ...

[tokyo_girl]

Thanks for your info :-)

Sorry I've been a while getting back here.