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Is a private school education a step up or snobbery?

Private Schools receive €90 million in state funding to help pay for teachers but is this an un...

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15.33 30 Jul 2019


Is a private school education a step up or snobbery?


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Private Schools receive €90 million in state funding to help pay for teachers but is this an unfair advantage over state schools so they have more to spend on science labs and swimming pools? Can you understand why parents pay out anywhere between 8 and 20 thousand euro a year to give their children a private education, the thinking is it's giving them a better chance to go to university and a step up in life or is it just snobbery? Henry McKean went to Drogheda to ask.


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