In Reply to: Free posted by miring on Tuesday, 3. March 2009 at 10:48 Bali Time:
Not all public schools are free, MANY are not. SOME primary schools up to year 6 have no school fee but they are hard to get into and you have to live in the right district.
Even where the school fee is covered, there are many additional costs including extra curricular activities, school lunch, books, etc. etc. This has nothing to do with corrupt principals.
In general, the principles and teachers at public schools are very hard workers, honest, and have the kids education as their main priority.