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Tips to Secure Kid’s Educational Future
Superparents, sure we want our kids to have the best education possible. Yes, education is important but expensive. It can be costly. The money we spend on kids’ education could be one of our family’s biggest expenses.
If we send our kids to a private high school, which costs higher for school fees plus extras budget such as school uniforms, trips and sporting clinics. Public schools are much cheaper or tuition-free. But there are still extra fees for textbooks, uniforms and other activities to pay for. The cost of going to university or college are much higher.
However, our task will be easier if we know how to plan your money. Consider college savings and investment plans. Fabiola Sondakh, the Vice President of Funding & Service of BNI 46, in seminar about “How to Prepare Your Kids’ Education Fund” at Puri Indah Mall, Jakarta, February 27, 2014, gives us some advices;
The benefit of preparing kids’ education fund as early as possible can anticipate the high cost of education in the future. To prepare, we can use saving or insurance. It is very helpful for us to cultivate the educational funds. Open kids’ educational saving or insurance as early as possible. Earlier, better. “The safest way to save for education funding is 10% of your monthly income,” said Fabiola.
So, if we want to plan our kids’ education fund in the future, let’s try to open our insurance or saving account right now.
TEGUH WAHYU UTOMO
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