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The Vaud association of private schools invents the "education voucher"

Lausanne (ots)

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The Vaud association of private schools (AVDEP)
is celebrating its 60th anniversary: As part of a wide range of
activities and initiatives (48 SCHOOLS CELEBRATE - KNIE CIRCUS
EVENING - CHF 20,000 DONATION TO THE THEODORA FOUNDATION - PANEL
DISCUSSION ON "TOMORROW'S SCHOOLS...FUTURE JOB OPPORTUNITIES"), this
occasion provides the opportunity for over 40 private schools in the
canton of Vaud (Switzerland) to offer a collective bourse totalling:
CHF 1,000,000  (1 MILLION) OF EDUCATION GRANTS
   FOR THE 2001-2002 SCHOOL YEAR
These grants, which vary according to the individual school, are
targeted at "deserving" pupils and students in accordance with a
joint AVDEP charter. Applications should be sent directly to
individual AVDEP schools as published in the media; a complete list
may be obtained from our coordinating office. Significantly,
according to a recent study carried out by Lausanne University (HEC),
the Vaud association of private schools can point to an annual
turnover of over CHF 250,000,000 in the canton of Vaud.
This initiative is intended to put the Vaud association of private
schools "within the reach of everyone's pocket" and follows on from a
policy of openness, flexibility and inclusion. In this sense, it also
forms part of a policy to establish links between public and
private-sector education. It marks the first stage in establishing
the education voucher system which emphasises the free choice of
schooling, a goal long pursued by the taxpayer yet equally frowned
upon by politicians!!!
ots Origialtext: Association vaudoise des Ecoles privées
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Contact:

Secrétariat Général de l'AVDEP,
tel. +41 21 617 72 55,
e-mail: avdep@bluewin.ch.
Alternatively, readers may contact the AVDEP chairman directly:
Alain Boss,
mob. +41 79 511 41 60.