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Buenos Aires Province and City Raise Tuition Caps for Subsidized Private Schools in September

Education officials attribute the updates to teacher pay increases negotiated this year under national financing rules.

Overview

  • New tariff tables authorize increases of up to 2.8% in Buenos Aires Province and up to 3.2% in the City of Buenos Aires starting in September 2025.
  • In Buenos Aires Province, maximum monthly fees range from $29,180 for initial and primary schools with 100% state support to $131,840 with a 40% subsidy, with secondary capped between $32,160 and $171,310 and technical or agrarian between $37,670 and $196,060.
  • In the City of Buenos Aires, caps for jornada simple span $36,839 to $170,411 in initial and primary, $40,638 to $221,473 in secondary, and $46,807 to $253,496 in technical and special education.
  • AIEPA estimates the adjustment affects nearly two million students across more than 5,000 subsidized institutes in the province and about 300 in the city.
  • The provincial teacher wage pact totals 5% in two tranches—2.5% in August and a similar increase in October—and the city’s resolution cites National Decrees 2542/91 and 2417/93.