Manager: RM1,000 a month to send my girl to school


GEORGE TOWN: It will cost around RM1,000 a month for a first-time parent to send a child entering Year One in the new school term that starts in March.

KH Leow, 44, said he did the math and after calculating all the costs of uniforms, school shoes, stockings, stationery, tuition, daycare as well as pocket money, everything added up to about RM1,000.

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Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

RM 11.12/month

Billed as RM 11.12 for the 1st month, RM 13.90 thereafter.

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Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 9.87/month

Billed as RM 118.40 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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