Ofcourse, I agree TutunKaMun, development of public schools should be first. Upgrading their standards can be feasible within our available resources. Once parents can see that public schools have gotten better, they will naturally stop paying high prices for similar education one can get through the public system. But I sure there will be a lot of top school mangers or principles that will be upset by this coz their number of students might shrink. But as always ones loss will anothers gain. Even more than extra-curricular activites, the state will need to focus more on quality of teaching and its eduaction standards for better welfare of the children.