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Should school eduction be a right everyone is entitled to or a privilege only for those who can afford it?

I don't know about other countries, but here in Australia school education is gradually sliding inexorably towards becoming fully privileged and only for who's parents can afford it.

Even so called 'public education'.

Should school education for a right for everyone or a privilege only for those who can afford it?

Universities (ie. where people go to qualify for 'white collar' jobs) here are very much only for those who can afford it, even the TAFE (what is I think akin to 'college' in the USA?) vocational training (ie. where people would go to qualify for 'blue collar' jobs) is like that now.

Basically, if you have rich parents you have a higher chance of being put into a private school which are almost all religious schools run by church businesses. Otherwise public schooling (run by governments) is where you do.

If you have rich parents you also have a high chance of being able to go to university due to the cost of tertiary education.
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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
I agree that this is close to the result. But I disagree on the detail. Public education is still generally quite adequate preparation for University. But the real issue is the disruption caused by the bottom 5% of students, preventing the teachers imparting what they know and preventing the rest of the students from focusing on acquiring the knowledge best suited for them. Also the occasional bad egg teacher in the system cant be weeded out of the government system in the way the non government system can. I dont have an answer that is socially acceptable. But that is your real problem. Those parents who make the effort to place their children in the non government system are rewarded with a better learning result and higher tertiary education entry..😷
Adogslife · 61-69, M