Fees to increase?

Also from today's SCMP: ESF spells out that fees will increase:

Increases in fees for English Schools Foundation schools are inevitable, according to a document released by the foundation yesterday.

Currently, ESF fees are among the cheapest in the international sector. But in the consultation for a business plan, The Way Forward, sent to staff and parents yesterday, chief executive Heather Du Quesnay said fees "should not rise above the mid-point range of international schools" to remain affordable to middle class parents. They could stay at a lower level if the ESF retained its government subvention.

Fees across the international sector range from $47,000 to $133,500 a year at primary and between $70,000 and $152,800 at secondary. ESF fees are $51,500 a primary and $82,600 at secondary.

"A modest increase in fees is inevitable if we are to guarantee the standards and quality of education," the document says.

The document is available here.

Comment: I understand that this document was only released to the SCMP at the very last minute, which probably explains why the article only talks about one aspect (increased fees), when the document is about much more than that. You'd have thought that the ESF might have taken a bit more care about how they released the document.