The Vaud association of private schools invents the "education voucher" / Picture is available at: www.newsaktuell.ch/f/galerie.htx?type=obs

Lausanne/Switzerland (PROTEXT) - The Vaud association ofprivate schools (AVDEP) is celebrating its 60th anniversary: Aspart of a wide range of activities and initiatives (48 SCHOOLSCELEBRATE - KNIE CIRCUS EVENING - CHF 20,000 DONATION TO THETHEODORA FOUNDATION - PANEL DISCUSSION ON "TOMORROW'SSCHOOLS...FUTURE JOB OPPORTUNITIES"), this occasion provides theopportunity 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 accordancewith a joint AVDEP charter. Applications should be sent directlyto individual AVDEP schools as published in the media; a completelist 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 anannual turnover of over CHF 250,000,000 in the canton of Vaud. This initiative is intended to put the Vaud association ofprivate schools "within the reach of everyone's pocket" andfollows on from a policy of openness, flexibility and inclusion.In this sense, it also forms part of a policy to establish linksbetween public and private-sector education. It marks the firststage in establishing the education voucher system whichemphasises the free choice of schooling, a goal long pursued bythe taxpayer yet equally frowned upon by politicians!!! otsOrigial Text Service: Association vaudoise des Ecoles privées(AVDEP) ops Original Picture Service:www.newsaktuell.ch/f/galerie.htx?type=obs Internet:www.newsaktuell.ch 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,mobile +41 79 511 41 60.

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