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Toronto Yeshivos Raise Tuition Fees
by Yated Ne'eman Staff
Tuition fees at the 13 Toronto Board of Jewish Education
(BJE) schools are up this academic year by an average 4.5
percent over last year, according to the Canadian Jewish
News. The increase a year ago over the previous year was
2.5 percent.
This year, the full tuition for a year of study at the Ner
Israel Yeshiva is $10,900, as it was last year. (All figures
are in Canadian dollars.) This fee is, however, 6.4 percent
more than was charged the year before. Room and board is an
additional $2,000. At the Beth Jacob High School for Girls
this year full tuition is $10,350, compared to $9,775 the
year before. Eitz Chaim Day School will charge $7,800,
compared the $7,500 the year before.
The fees at non-religious schools are comparable. The United
Synagogue Day School charges $8,250 compared to $7,850 last
year. The Leo Baeck Day School charges $7,833 (including a
donation to the building fund) compared to $7,533 last year.
Bernard Shoub, director of school finances at the BJE, said
the increase at Beth Jacob High School for Girls is because
the student body has shrunk, thanks to the opening of two
other Orthodox schools for girls, Bnos Bais Yaakov High
School and Tiferes Bais Yaakov High School.
Overall, the Toronto BJE system has over 11,000 pupils, while
another 6,000 are in the supplementary system. Shoub said it
was too early to say how many students will get a subsidized
education this year. Last year, roughly 40 percent of
students in the BJE system did not pay full fees.
The Zareinu Educational Centre for multi-challenged children
received a grant of $100,000 from the BJE last year. Shoub
said he expects the same amount will be granted to Zareinu
this year. Full fees at Zareinu, which is also affiliated
with the BJE, will be $15,750 this year, compared to $15,000
last year.
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