ACME
15-04-2014, 07:30 PM
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YES
It is wrong in any society for the best education
to be available only to those who can
afford it. If everybody in a society is welleducated,
they will all have the opportunity
to fl ourish, and they will help their society to
fl ourish as well. A good educational system
benefi ts everybody in society, so society
should pay for it.
Schools which charge high attendance fees
afford the best teachers, because they pay
the highest salaries. They can also afford the
best equipment and resources for their pupils.
State schools, which charge no attendance
fee, cannot compete because they have less
money. So the majority of pupils, who go to
state schools, have a worse education than
the minority who can pay. This is unjust in any
society.
The organised, protected world of private
schools, with their after-school clubs and
societies, is very different from reality. Children
who go to private schools are often
very naïve about the real world, and cut off
from the communities in which they live. If
they join in activities organised by their local
communities they will receive a broader education,
and become better human beings
as well.
NO
Freedom of choice is an essential part of
any decent society. We don’t all have to
own the same brand of stereo or the same
kind of car, and we don’t all have to live in
the same type of accommodation. In the
same way, we should not all be forced to
receive exactly the same kind of education.
People who can afford to send their children
to expensive schools should be free to
do so.
A good education costs a lot of money, and
we cannot rely on governments to provide it.
Private schools generally achieve far better
exam results than state schools and this is
because they have to compete for our money.
State schools do not have to compete for
government funding, so they do not focus so
much on pupil achievement. If you abolish
private schools, you make the education system
worse, not better.
Private schools can usually afford extensive
extra-curricular activities which state schools
cannot. Pupils who join after-school chess
clubs, drama societies or sports teams receive
a more well-rounded education. It would
be unfair to deprive all children of these extra
resources just because some parents cannot
afford them.
Source: efl -resource.com
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YES
It is wrong in any society for the best education
to be available only to those who can
afford it. If everybody in a society is welleducated,
they will all have the opportunity
to fl ourish, and they will help their society to
fl ourish as well. A good educational system
benefi ts everybody in society, so society
should pay for it.
Schools which charge high attendance fees
afford the best teachers, because they pay
the highest salaries. They can also afford the
best equipment and resources for their pupils.
State schools, which charge no attendance
fee, cannot compete because they have less
money. So the majority of pupils, who go to
state schools, have a worse education than
the minority who can pay. This is unjust in any
society.
The organised, protected world of private
schools, with their after-school clubs and
societies, is very different from reality. Children
who go to private schools are often
very naïve about the real world, and cut off
from the communities in which they live. If
they join in activities organised by their local
communities they will receive a broader education,
and become better human beings
as well.
NO
Freedom of choice is an essential part of
any decent society. We don’t all have to
own the same brand of stereo or the same
kind of car, and we don’t all have to live in
the same type of accommodation. In the
same way, we should not all be forced to
receive exactly the same kind of education.
People who can afford to send their children
to expensive schools should be free to
do so.
A good education costs a lot of money, and
we cannot rely on governments to provide it.
Private schools generally achieve far better
exam results than state schools and this is
because they have to compete for our money.
State schools do not have to compete for
government funding, so they do not focus so
much on pupil achievement. If you abolish
private schools, you make the education system
worse, not better.
Private schools can usually afford extensive
extra-curricular activities which state schools
cannot. Pupils who join after-school chess
clubs, drama societies or sports teams receive
a more well-rounded education. It would
be unfair to deprive all children of these extra
resources just because some parents cannot
afford them.
Source: efl -resource.com
.