Secondary education

Free primary education was brought in eight years ago. The first children to have gone through the painful first years of huge classes and few books or resources are now hitting the secondary level. Secondary day schools are 'free' but most of them do a poor job. The government pays for 'tuition' which is less than 25% of what boarding schools charge for fees. The rest is for infrastructure, boarding of course, school buses, dormitories and 'teacher incentives.'
The examination at the end of class 8 serves to separate the academically stronger students from those who will not receive any further education. Even so, the fees for many are well beyond the family's means.
Most of the charitable scholarship organizations send students to the 'Provincial' schools, many of which do a good job of preparing the majority of students for college level (again if they can meet the fees).
There are at the moment 18 'National' schools which take the highest achievers but charge twice the amount of a Provincial school. (up to $1000 per year rather than $5-600) Most of their pupils come from expensive private schools with small classes and many resources. This year the selection process was changed to limit the number going to a National school from the private sector. Many children from the public sector were offered the plum of a place, but a large number could not afford to take up the opportunity.
Now the government is proposing to create 100 more National schools with a large amount of money set aside for upgrade. These would be schools with a good reputation and potential for enlarging both their intake and their resources.
The unanswered question is: what will the fees be at such schools? Will our scholarship organizations who have students in the schools, be able to maintain them? Will sponsors be willing to double their contributions? And where will the pupils who cannot afford the fees find a place in the reduced number of Provincial schools?