Is private education good for society?

Across the world private education is booming. Though private schools and tuition promote inequality, Emma Duncan, our social policy editor, explains why governments should embrace the private sector's rise
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There is a big boom in private education all over the world. You see it in schooling numbers. The numbers of people going to private primary has gone up from 10 to 17 percent over the last 15 years. Secondaries gone up from 9 to 27 percent. Then if you look in particular countries you find for instance in China, there's a big increase in people going to elite private schools. But also huge business in terms of people getting online tuition. Parents are finding ways to spend money on the great competition to improve their children's brains.
The resurgence is happening for a few different reasons and one of them is that incomes are going up, the birth rates are going down. So in families all over the world there is more money to spend on each child. If you look at the Chinese one-child policy you get six people: four grandparents, two parents, all of them willing to invest in the education of one child. At the same time you've had the whole of the world economy changing so that there are fewer unskilled jobs everywhere - almost all decent jobs require you to have a qualification of some sort.
The great advantage of private education is that it's fantastically good at getting children in school. In countries where people are moving around a lot, which is most of the developing world, and where populations are growing swiftly - you get this huge swift urbanization. Governments just can't keep up. You'll get governments like Pakistan struggling with fast growing cities and has partnered up with the with the private sector to send poor kids, who would otherwise not be getting schooling at all, into private schools - and they're doing that with over two million kids. Private schools can also be really really good because you know often parents are willing to spend masses of money and you get a really high quality of education.
It is a dilemma for society. Governments need to concern themselves about equality and about social mobility. Things that the private sector discourages rather than encourages. The problem with private schools is that they do tend to increase inequality. When parents are allowed to spend money on their children they will spend as much as they can so obviously rich kids go to better schools.
You see China which is increasingly putting controls on the expansion in the school's business. It's clearly pretty uncomfortable about it. Rather than trying to shut it down governments need to be trying to work with it. Now there is a cost. If you allow the private sector to operate you are going to get a higher level of inequality but I think that that is a price worth paying for the Liberty, for the resources, for the better brains, for the innovation for the quality of education, and the breadth of education that you get if you allow the private sector to operate. I think governments must look at the private sector as a potential partner, not as they do in some places as an enemy.
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  • @arminvanbuuren883
    @arminvanbuuren8835 жыл бұрын

    Like why do you think that countries like Norway, Finland or Sweden have so few of them ? Because the parents aren't interested about their kid's future? Of course not. It's just that their governments invest a fair amount of money to the public sector, so that people don't feel the need for "a higher education" .

  • @AfroBolshevik

    @AfroBolshevik

    5 жыл бұрын

    Finally, something I completely agree with!!

  • @redhidinghood9337

    @redhidinghood9337

    5 жыл бұрын

    There is also less competition in those countries. China has an ok education system but it is so competitive that parents do anything to give their kid a competitive advantage, including sending them to private schools

  • @Noosejunkie

    @Noosejunkie

    5 жыл бұрын

    The whole private system is laughable and makes a mockery of meritocracy. The real question is, why do we want to underfund public schools?

  • @AfroBolshevik

    @AfroBolshevik

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@redhidinghood9337 exactly with what is wrong with the system, why should education be competitive?? Quality eduaction is the gateway for a better life for all, everyone benefits. Education is not something that should have a profit motive overall, it should be equally accessible & high quality.

  • @AfroBolshevik

    @AfroBolshevik

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Noosejunkie I agree with you completely

  • @edvickery8674
    @edvickery86745 жыл бұрын

    I agree. The goal should not be to shut down private schools, but to increase the quality of state education so there isn’t a need for them

  • @Sheeshening

    @Sheeshening

    5 жыл бұрын

    thats impossible duh

  • @shawnjavery

    @shawnjavery

    5 жыл бұрын

    +Ed Vickery It's not always a problem of the public schools being bad. Perception is the deciding issue here and a lot if people just hate the idea of public schools. Public schools are often seen as bureaucratic and inferior just because they are runned by the government and better results aren't likely to change that perception. Plus it's not going to be easy to convince people to pay taxes to fund schools more than they already are.

  • @developandplay

    @developandplay

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@shawnjavery Yes perception is the deciding factor. Here in Germany graduates of private universities have a stigma rather then an advantage. They are often regarded as the students that weren't tough enough for public universities and bought their education more or less...

  • @agzuhdhdandicycidjs3230

    @agzuhdhdandicycidjs3230

    5 жыл бұрын

    Spend, spend, spend someone tell this man that money is not unlimited

  • @jasonbourne9819

    @jasonbourne9819

    5 жыл бұрын

    All Education should be privatised but legislated. Free-market education is the way to go.

  • @diegobenalcazar4836
    @diegobenalcazar48365 жыл бұрын

    Finland has one of the best quality of education and it is completely public.

  • @jacobrivera7302

    @jacobrivera7302

    5 жыл бұрын

    Diego Benalcázar It’s not 100% public

  • @stacybarnett8273

    @stacybarnett8273

    4 жыл бұрын

    Where I come from public schools have intelligent kids but private schools don't bc they focus more on religion yet people think that the child will get a better education in a private school so then they send there kid there soon finding out there grades have dropped

  • @cardcode8345

    @cardcode8345

    4 жыл бұрын

    Diego Benalcázar There culture is very different than rest of the world. A wrestler could be the strongest person in his field, tho can’t compete in a boxing match with a professional boxer

  • @kobolll7188

    @kobolll7188

    4 жыл бұрын

    Diego Benalcázar no it isn’t, all the best schools are private

  • @Rettomus

    @Rettomus

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kobolll7188 "Even in private schools, the use of tuition fees is strictly prohibited, and selective admission is prohibited, as well: private schools must admit all its pupils on the same basis as the corresponding municipal school. In addition, private schools are required to give their students all the education and social benefits that are offered to the students of municipal schools. Because of this, existing private schools are mostly faith-based or Steiner schools, which are comprehensive by definition." In Finland private schools are scarce and they can be applied to under the same rules as to any other school.

  • @andreabob5222
    @andreabob52223 жыл бұрын

    I have been in the UK and was stunned by the level of inequality there and how this is accepted like a totally normal thing there, it is like they don't even try to make society fair anymore, it's just sad.

  • @user-zi1gg4cn5h

    @user-zi1gg4cn5h

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @gordonramsdale

    @gordonramsdale

    3 жыл бұрын

    As one of the only british people actually aware of the social injustice in this country I know what you mean, no other country in the world separates people so quickly based on prestige and how posh they are...

  • @TheCreeperTrack1

    @TheCreeperTrack1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Society isn’t meant to be fair. We do not live in a post-scarcity society. There will always be inequality.

  • @spamface5162

    @spamface5162

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thats not the problem. The problem is absolute poverty, not relative poverty

  • @d4nkx549

    @d4nkx549

    3 жыл бұрын

    Society was never meant to be fair. Not all people are equal.

  • @louhela
    @louhela3 жыл бұрын

    End conclusion sounds to me like something a private sector educated person would say..

  • @atkatsom8745

    @atkatsom8745

    3 жыл бұрын

    exactly

  • @HitoNoGoMUU

    @HitoNoGoMUU

    3 жыл бұрын

    True

  • @davidcooks2379

    @davidcooks2379

    3 жыл бұрын

    This lady probably had her kids in a private school. In fact she didn't say absolutely anything that would justify investing more in richer kids than in poorer. There is always an argument whether to invest more in smarter kids, but that's not about private schools

  • @atkatsom8745

    @atkatsom8745

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@davidcooks2379 right? I'm used to better videos on this channel than this one, really.

  • @SS-wi4tm

    @SS-wi4tm

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just fluff. Saying the word partner without explaining without means is evading the question.

  • @MaruTheGreat
    @MaruTheGreat5 жыл бұрын

    I went to a private/parochial school from middle school to HS. It was my parents decision, but I’m glad they did it b/c the schools in my area were terrible and dangerous (lots of gangs, terribly underfunded schools, and occasionally violence). I’m grateful for the opportunity to go to the school I went to. Although I acknowledge the privilege that was afforded to me when doing so, and I try to give back as much as I can.

  • @AAA-we2st

    @AAA-we2st

    3 жыл бұрын

    Krypton 114 you should get your parents to still apply for private schools and apply for funding

  • @alenpaul2523

    @alenpaul2523

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@krypton1142 give back to your parents not someone else

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    @user-zi1gg4cn5h

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @gianmarcorusso1713

    @gianmarcorusso1713

    3 жыл бұрын

    I don't know where you live but I have a background similar to yours, and for the same reasons I went to private Catholic schools until I was 13 years old...then I wanted something different for my high school years.

  • @archierch0463

    @archierch0463

    3 жыл бұрын

    Great but everyone deserves what you had (in terms of education and being away from danger)

  • @LuigiPaiPai
    @LuigiPaiPai5 жыл бұрын

    Congratulations to the author for this edifying peace of information: it literally contained 0% of data or measure about the efficiency of private versus public and the good they comparatively bring to society. The author clearly has an idea but it is never put into question with data, Congratulations on an extraordinarily poor and inconsequential piece of journalism!

  • @robertd9965

    @robertd9965

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yep. Nice propaganda piece. And a person like that calls herself a journalist? Ridiculous.

  • @rabinrai8906

    @rabinrai8906

    4 жыл бұрын

    must be a product of public school.

  • @jimsy5530

    @jimsy5530

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yup, was utter drivel. It's clear she has an agenda - she makes it clear that there's an issue with private education leading to inequality, but then says that's fine, governments shouldn't stop it. I would be willing to bet she's rather pro-low taxes on corporations too.

  • @glokta1

    @glokta1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, it's The Economist after all. What did you expect? Neoliberalism is their religion

  • @DuskAndHerEmbrace13

    @DuskAndHerEmbrace13

    3 жыл бұрын

    Calm down. It’s a three minute video to introduce you to the topic and make you want to buy the Economist to look into it further. Have you ever opened a copy of the Economist? It’s full of statistical information. But I doubt you have. You sound like you were looking for an easy sound bite stat from the University of KZread instead of actually doing the reading yourself.

  • @alexrothwell2053
    @alexrothwell20534 жыл бұрын

    I think the idea of banning private schools is a violation of rights. If parents have the money and want to pay for their child's education out of their own pocket, who are the government to force them to go to a state school? I think objections to private education come from bitterness against people with more money rather than genuine concern for the well-being of the country.

  • @ritawu8250
    @ritawu82505 жыл бұрын

    I don’t agree with the claim that Chinese government is restricting the schooling industry. In fact, most students who enter the top universities in China are from the elite public schools. Most private schools in China provide more international education for students compared to public schools, which charges high tuition fees at the same time, and most students at the secondary private schools go abroad to study at foreign universities. Public schools are funded by the government which can maximise the equality among people from different backgrounds, so the competition is very fierce as well. Also, the public school is really affordable, in some regions it is even free.

  • @Mirsab
    @Mirsab5 жыл бұрын

    So many uneducated ppl are incorrectly correcting the video by claiming that at 1:54 it's the golden Temple of Amritsar, except it's not! It's the Badshahi Masjid in Lahore Pakistan!

  • @RhymesWithPorridge
    @RhymesWithPorridge5 жыл бұрын

    The piece utterly failed to address the fact that, because private schools in many places can pick and choose which students to keep, they can bias their success measurements dramatically. Hence one must take the phrase "better schools" with a large pinch of salt unless these demographic differences are taken into account. Secondly, private schools (in America, at least) may have serious drug problems that are rarely discussed because (a) schools work hard to protect their reputations, (b) parents and board members are often influential members of their community and (c) police spend less time on drug crimes in affluent areas than in poor areas.

  • @agisler87

    @agisler87

    5 жыл бұрын

    You like what higher education does?Students going to more difficult schools don't get ahead if they are not capable enough, it actually hurts them more. Additionally it's also about letting schools with different types of learning. We don't all learn the same.

  • @vksepe

    @vksepe

    5 жыл бұрын

    THIS IS SO TRUE. Some colleges part of Oxford University have a big drug problem but it's considered an open secret.

  • @cspicer77

    @cspicer77

    3 жыл бұрын

    You shouldn't judge a school based on raw scores or achievement. That is the wrong metric. You should evaluate based on student improvement or by comparing students of similar socio-economic background across schools

  • @pedrocaetano5117
    @pedrocaetano51173 жыл бұрын

    Sometimes the private sector becomes a choice, not because the quality is higher, but because is safer than public schools.

  • @VSS1
    @VSS15 жыл бұрын

    Could the Economist let us know if the person who included the Golden Temple in the Pakistan discussion was privately educated or state?

  • @alipaf2002

    @alipaf2002

    5 жыл бұрын

    Vic, I am happy they put both parts of Punjab together. The state which suffered most due to partition.

  • @bushraazmat9305

    @bushraazmat9305

    5 жыл бұрын

    That was badshahi mosque not golden temple 😑

  • @VSS1

    @VSS1

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@bushraazmat9305 no it wasn't, don't be daft

  • @zaindot3863

    @zaindot3863

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@VSS1 that was actually Badshahi mosque

  • @zaindot3863

    @zaindot3863

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@VSS1 search Badshahi mosque sunset on Google and you'll find it. It does look very similar to golden temple in that picture though

  • @deeb3272
    @deeb32725 жыл бұрын

    Its not about being in a private or public school. As long as the school is well managed with the right teaching force and facilities it wouldnt really matter. Also take into account the willingness of the student to learn.

  • @isaacflett1321

    @isaacflett1321

    6 ай бұрын

    But it would still matter. People can tell just from the accent in the uk if someone is privately or publicly educated and they are treated differently as a result (I’m not from the uk so I’m not sure but it sounds to me like the reporter in this video went to private school for example). The connections made in private education are at least as important as the actual education quality.

  • @michelleheegaard
    @michelleheegaard5 жыл бұрын

    Rising inequality can lead to increased mistrust within a society and thus political instability. I disagree with this woman. Although there are definit benifits about private school education, it is not worth it. Instead, I think we should focus on making public schools better than they currently and pump money into those institutions so more people will benifit from a better education without the split in society.

  • @NomadicNationalist

    @NomadicNationalist

    5 жыл бұрын

    Michelle Heegaard for much of the West, there exist much more salient factors causing political instability, most notably the importation of millions of third worlders with completely incompatible cultures, whose second generation offspring don't even do better, and many times even worse as they're more radicalized compared to the 1st gen

  • @windskm

    @windskm

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@NomadicNationalist too bad data doesn't back you up. And immigrants do well even after one generation, and many times better than non-immigrants. You're just a racist & a loser.

  • @windskm

    @windskm

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agree with you partially, but if someone wants to develop a certain talent even further than for me it isn't right not to allow it. I think there should be strong public schools in general but then private schools that are excellent on a given field. Like I go to the same school as everybody else but if I want to learn another language or get a head start on programming skills I should be allowed to go to a place that can teach me.

  • @davidcooks2379

    @davidcooks2379

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, first, remove charity status from them and charge FULL business rates like the state schools

  • @le8307

    @le8307

    3 жыл бұрын

    sadly these teachers need like a modern from of whip like the olden days

  • @douglasfir306
    @douglasfir3065 жыл бұрын

    I condemn public education in my country for not giving me a quality education, I had and I still have to improve cultural and intellectually by myself as teachers doesn't apply authority anymore, public schools have become truly prisons.

  • @NomadicNationalist

    @NomadicNationalist

    5 жыл бұрын

    What country?

  • @douglasfir306

    @douglasfir306

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@NomadicNationalist Spain

  • @MechanicWolf85

    @MechanicWolf85

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@douglasfir306 not only in Spain but almost every were, even in the US there's schools that are just awful at teaching

  • @inigoro5177

    @inigoro5177

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's sucks. There is also a problem who anybody talks about. The gap between northern and souther provinces is extremly big. If you see PISA report, Navarra (where I come from) has almost as good education system as New Zealand or Germany! Southern Spanish provinces do not invest that much amount of money and the parents' education is essential for the kids' one. It needs to change quickly, the gap is big and the future of any country lies in the education system. Anyway I would never say public education should be blamed and disapear, but it needs big changes though. If you want to see how private system works just to the US, while there are people very highly educated the population is largely ignorant and bad educated.

  • @douglasfir306

    @douglasfir306

    5 жыл бұрын

    ​@@inigoro5177 I'm from southern spain, Región de Murcia, so you could just guess who's education and everything else in here… This is a hell-hole for me since I do not share neither the habits nor the likes of people from here. I even pronounce the "eses" so new people that I met always ask me if I'm from Asturias or País Vasco. Here everything is just out of control, neither teachers apply any kind of authority nor students takes seriously their studies. Having to spend 6 hours a day in a small room with other 30 students that won't shut their mouths even when the teacher ask them to do... yeah, it gives you a lot of things to think of. I think that, if education doesn't get any better quality-wise, it should be completely voluntary, as only unquiet people as me and few others would learn voluntarily, the rest, the vast majority of today students, as they don't want to stay in school, they just completely spoil the classes to the few like me that wan't to learn.

  • @suvignanpothuraju8350
    @suvignanpothuraju83505 жыл бұрын

    Government is not the solution.

  • @Bobber256
    @Bobber2563 жыл бұрын

    What is that accent? It seems to change from syllable to syllable.

  • @josephelias9081

    @josephelias9081

    2 ай бұрын

    The privately educated accent.

  • @TheUrbanEpicure
    @TheUrbanEpicure5 жыл бұрын

    Her eyebrows covered more distance in this video than I did all day.

  • @sidsnot6952

    @sidsnot6952

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @stacybarnett8273

    @stacybarnett8273

    4 жыл бұрын

    TheUrbanEpicure wait she had eyebrows lol

  • @positiveandstrong
    @positiveandstrong5 жыл бұрын

    Education is big business. A milking cow.....full stop.

  • @josephbrennan370

    @josephbrennan370

    3 жыл бұрын

    @SolarisLunaran So you are a free market fundamentalist? You are foolish if you think all education should be held privately. Education should not be driven by a profit motive but instead on actually educating the population. Then there would be larger collections of private schools which would charge extortionate prices, pricing out poorer families from the market. I think people must be truly cruel to want to privatise all education. That would be like having fully privatised healthcare, which if you think is the most successful approach then you are truly delusional.

  • @ramonlopez9440

    @ramonlopez9440

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeps! Especially in Asia... International schools are bagging sooo much money. Yet they pay their teachers shiat.

  • @mdottdotgo9317
    @mdottdotgo93175 жыл бұрын

    As a south korean, whose country has been struggling with educations ever after the Korean war, private school has more value to parents than public school, because korea has a exam system that nobody can solve without private schooling.

  • @mdottdotgo9317

    @mdottdotgo9317

    5 жыл бұрын

    It sounds weird, but most of korean people would agree with my thought.

  • @putinsgaytwin4272

    @putinsgaytwin4272

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why do you need public school to solve the exam system?

  • @Pancake833
    @Pancake8335 жыл бұрын

    Imagine going in debt for elementary school

  • @AliasHSW

    @AliasHSW

    5 жыл бұрын

    Evil MrMuffinz - we don’t have the money, but out of curiosity we window shopped tour a school in which the tuition is $40k/year for Kindergarten. Granted we like the campus and program however I wasn’t completely sold even if we do have the money

  • @monkiezdevil
    @monkiezdevil3 жыл бұрын

    I studied in both and i did pretty well in private education: more time to take care of the student. Public education was ok but overcrowded class and not much time spend by teacher for the student. That why I was falling

  • @skrattardu20

    @skrattardu20

    3 жыл бұрын

    I felt the same way. There was no way my name would appear on the big 10 list out of 39 students in class (public), meanwhile i managed the 2nd position in high school for the whole 3 years (private)😅

  • @makkialqaosain8872
    @makkialqaosain88723 жыл бұрын

    The best way forward I believe would be to introduce the voucher system and allow all schools to be administrated by private individuals. You'd have the competition between schools to increase quality of education while at the same time free education for the masses.

  • @simonstory29
    @simonstory293 жыл бұрын

    Think she went to a private school?

  • @grimlin667
    @grimlin6675 жыл бұрын

    They are so kind for allowing us to educate our own children.

  • @spaceshuttledoorgunner125
    @spaceshuttledoorgunner1253 жыл бұрын

    An American friend chose private schools for his children and his explanation was, "that's where my kids will meet the other kids with rich and influential parents." Never spoke of quality.

  • @juliak8872
    @juliak88725 жыл бұрын

    I think competition between different education systems is good for society

  • @VikramKumar-fl5fd

    @VikramKumar-fl5fd

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah i agree but it should be the responsibility of govt to uplift public sector schools. Otherwise we may lose the generation, due to ignored lower or poor section of society.

  • @nayandusoruth2468

    @nayandusoruth2468

    5 жыл бұрын

    However, the education business has quite a stable demand, new students don't appear out of thin air quickly. Thus, if you have one school with x students, and another one opens up nearby, you'll split the demand decreasing the income of these schools and thus their resources, either resulting in two worse schools, or one who would hold a monopoly over the area, and thus doesn't need to compete, both outcomes being undesirable.

  • @srivariveedhi8621
    @srivariveedhi86215 жыл бұрын

    Golden temple is in Punjab, India. NOT IN PAKISTAN.

  • @gojeta1999

    @gojeta1999

    5 жыл бұрын

    India is a filthy shithole

  • @josephjohnson9649

    @josephjohnson9649

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@gojeta1999 lemme guess from where you are from. Pakistan?

  • @gojeta1999

    @gojeta1999

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@josephjohnson9649 England

  • @princeofchetarria5375
    @princeofchetarria53755 жыл бұрын

    The problem is that since (in the UK at least) so many of the people in power attended private schools, people often don't feel like they will make the state school system a priority ://

  • @renatanovato9460
    @renatanovato94603 жыл бұрын

    Governments have to secure its ppl, not the profits of corporations

  • @epsospremium6088
    @epsospremium60885 жыл бұрын

    What if we had all the best *classes and teacher in video format ?* I think we need the best classes, presentations and lectures free and open on the Internet, so that learning would be more simple and more fun.

  • @mdottdotgo9317

    @mdottdotgo9317

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes, but for most people, it's important to have them study forcefully.

  • @davidcooks2379

    @davidcooks2379

    3 жыл бұрын

    Who will create them for free?

  • @davidcooks2379

    @davidcooks2379

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lectures is not everything, especially for younger kids, who need individual attention and collaboration with other kids

  • @rawyld
    @rawyld3 жыл бұрын

    I have been to both private and public schools in Australia and I have to say there is a big difference. Private is smaller classes of one whole class of 20 kids, public schools is a more open less control and Teachers who don't care about kids with disabilities. I grew up in schools from 1997-2009 so yeah didn't get very much help from that.

  • @austere2368
    @austere23685 жыл бұрын

    Well, the scenario here in India is totally different. Private schools are just functioning like business firms and are only interested in profit making.Instead of improving a child's knowledge they are deteriorating it. They are just hampering the thinking ability of children . Hard earned money of a poor parent is going in vain.

  • @bingqizhou6339
    @bingqizhou63395 жыл бұрын

    In China no matter how rich you are, you want to send your children to public schools where best teachers are. Private schools are mostly for children expelled by public schools. It's actually good, since children from different classes mix together and learn from each other when they have not developed class discretion. This is helpful even for rich kids because it lets them know the lives of ordinary people and appreciate their fortune. Public schools also offer the same curriculum, which is very strict. This makes sure that Chinese students are competitive in the world.

  • @4G12

    @4G12

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Teringventje And western schools never indoctrinate kids, right?

  • @bingqizhou6339

    @bingqizhou6339

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Teringventje For your question, which is very biases, assuming that the most important thing we got in schools is just political ideology, I have to say that it's meaningless to response. However, I encourage you to reflect on your own country(I assume that you are from a western country): is the education system fair for all social classes; are poor children offered equal chance of getting out of poverty after graduation; are rich children educated to appeciate what they inherit from their parents; are they truly concerned about lower class people and aware of that they are compatriots; do top class people really care about their people' welfare, the essential culture of the civilization and the fate of the nation. I ask you to carefully think about that.

  • @bingqizhou6339

    @bingqizhou6339

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Teringventje You declined to think, so I don't want talk too much either. I'm fine, but it's just a pity. Westerners, and you are an example, are just so addicted to political stuff like being democratic will ensure progress. But history and facts show that pragmatism is far more practical.

  • @tsunamix4283
    @tsunamix42835 жыл бұрын

    I believe it is good to have different sources of knowledge because at the end of the day... TRUTH WILL PREVAIL

  • @gabrielpaquet1114
    @gabrielpaquet11145 жыл бұрын

    "I think inequalities is a fair price to pay for all the good brains coming out of private schools" is a fairly easy thing to put forward especially when the chances are thay you personally benifited from that very system. Let the whole lot of people left behind if you want the majority's stories

  • @TheSzymax

    @TheSzymax

    5 жыл бұрын

    Gabriel Paquet Why is it bad for smart kids to learn in these schools? Should we bring them to public schools so they get lower quality education to make up for their smarter brain?

  • @gabrielpaquet1114

    @gabrielpaquet1114

    5 жыл бұрын

    It is an undiscussable fact that all kids deserve an education up to their abilities and that keeps them stimulated and challenged. It is another thing though when we are addressing the issue of education segregation according to wealth. I think it is quite disturbing to evolve within a politico-economic system which rests on the moral base that everyone has equal opportunities, but which allows segregation to take place. To be coherent with this belief, we should be working toward the goal of guaranteeing a proper education to every child, especially when we are aware of the importance of education as an emancipation tool. The very existence of private schools is counter-productive to the achievement of this goal. Socioeconomic background is almost everything when it comes to education, and private schools quickly become tools of reproduction of inequalities. Instead of letting public school fall apart, knowing that the private sector is there to retain the best elements, government should be actively working to enhance the quality of education in their public educational system. It is untrue that the public system is naturally less performing. Take the case of Finland, where private schools are strictly forbidden, yet the country is year after year ranked among the leaders in education around the world. It is about a country which values education within the government structure, not just saying that education is key while letting everything go by itlself. The lady in this video is implying that leaving kids behind is the right compromise to guarantee a better education to some kids. I think it is non-sensical. This is elite promoting elite, and we all know how this ends.

  • @martinturnermusic93

    @martinturnermusic93

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@gabrielpaquet1114spot on!

  • @windskm

    @windskm

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well a lot of innovation happened in places with unequal education. Most prominent example is the US, where a lot of tech companies started by private universities allumni who likely always went to the best schools available. In a place like Holland or Denmark things are more equal, but rarely you see something from them truly stand out on a global scale. Thing is, would we be better off with more equality or with Google etc? It's not 100% clear to me.

  • @martinturnermusic93

    @martinturnermusic93

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@windskm I don't think you can use private ed as a blanket reason for innovation. US culture inspires innovation as a in business overall more than other places, lots of people who innovate there in tech aren't privately educated. Private ed puts people more in a box if anything, as they're cut off from the real world. And anyway your wrong about other places with good public ed not being innovative. Sweden - Spotify, IKEA, H&M, many more... Finland made Nokia I think, and more, and of course Germany has made load of innovative tech

  • @valeriejmoss3325
    @valeriejmoss33253 жыл бұрын

    this is an interesting listen, with valid points. The parents who are putting their children in private schools currently pay city taxes (depending on where you live) towards public education not having the choice to choose private schools there fore if a parent was putting their kids in private education this would be coming out of their own pockets as well with no government support. Thus supporting both public and private sectors congruently.

  • @alfievines5917
    @alfievines59173 жыл бұрын

    If somebody wants to escape the state sector then they should be able to, but as long as the reason isn’t because the state sector is worse...

  • @leo66618
    @leo666185 жыл бұрын

    The question is why the public education getting worse compare to private one? Is it an deliberate action?

  • @imranmehmood1449
    @imranmehmood14495 жыл бұрын

    I also think the technicality of creating content of the economist has waned. Previously videos had lots of graphics and voice in background. That was good idea

  • @MRMK24
    @MRMK243 жыл бұрын

    The way I look at it is, it's nobody's business. If you can afford it, send you kids. If you can't, then a normal secondary will do rightly. That's it.

  • @shakirrehman3606
    @shakirrehman36065 жыл бұрын

    yes private education is a big business in pakistan because the government schools are prety bad at providing quality education. secondaly the teachers does not teach well in schools and ask their students to join their private tution classes. and the third thing about pakistan education system is that the schools and other educationl sectors prepare students for how to gain marks in exam they do not teach practical work or if they want to then there are either no labs in schools or very poor labs.

  • @williamgitenge

    @williamgitenge

    3 жыл бұрын

    same in kenya

  • @neelakhadizah849

    @neelakhadizah849

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same in everywhere South Asia Bangladesh, Nepal and India also facing same problem.

  • @joanaborges9450
    @joanaborges94503 жыл бұрын

    As a millenial in a southern European country, I don't think I'm going to be able to afford a private school for my future kids. I would be lucky if I can even afford my own house and a car. So, yeah, public school is where my future kids are going to study, and there's nothing wrong with that.

  • @skibididomp

    @skibididomp

    3 жыл бұрын

    Southern Europe is the southern subregion of Europe.[1] Definitions of Southern Europe, also known as Mediterranean Europe, include countries and regions such as: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Southern France (and especially Corsica), Spain, Turkey (East Thrace) and Vatican City.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

  • @putinsgaytwin4272
    @putinsgaytwin42723 жыл бұрын

    I live in a town with no private schools. This means there are super rich and super poor people in my school. There are people who win national and international competitions every year. When my mum went to our school there was some Sultans daughter who was a border here and someone from “the poorest houses in Ireland” all in the same school.

  • @w.s1097
    @w.s10975 жыл бұрын

    Yes it is because it means high quality service in educating your children

  • @albertomigliavacca8320
    @albertomigliavacca83203 жыл бұрын

    I agree with Emma's final suggestion: in the US for profit schools don't work because there's little accountability and oversight by state governments over their outcomes(both financial and educational outcomes). With more financial oversight by state governments the risk of for profit schools going bankrupt would go down. With more educational accountability parents would know the educational results of the schools they're considering. What I mean as educational accountability is selecting ramdomly a sample of students from each school in a certain state and giving them a PISA-style test to solve; each year parents receive the results of this tests so that they can judge the quality of the schools they're considering

  • @rogerluo2289
    @rogerluo22893 жыл бұрын

    She shall talk about UK equality, look those private school every where.

  • @JVNFM
    @JVNFM3 жыл бұрын

    The funny thing about all this is that nobody advocates improving public education.

  • @tommytwospirit4197
    @tommytwospirit41973 жыл бұрын

    Dated a girl that went to private school...the strangest part was her telling me I had more opportunities in public

  • @josephbrennan370

    @josephbrennan370

    3 жыл бұрын

    What.

  • @ns3359
    @ns33595 жыл бұрын

    the shot of Golden temple(India) when she talks about Pakistan....

  • @user-xd4sk4pk7h

    @user-xd4sk4pk7h

    5 жыл бұрын

    Didn’t she was Punjab after that?

  • @funnytidbits5202

    @funnytidbits5202

    5 жыл бұрын

    Namandeep Singh just focus on the message

  • @VikramKumar-fl5fd

    @VikramKumar-fl5fd

    5 жыл бұрын

    Even i was confused 😂 anyway its good that people still think that we can coexist peacefully.

  • @jackie5164

    @jackie5164

    5 жыл бұрын

    Whoever did the video editing couldn't find video of Pakistan.....*shakes head*

  • @ns3359

    @ns3359

    5 жыл бұрын

    Australia doesn’t exist Panjab is divided between pakistan and India

  • @Telencephelon
    @Telencephelon3 жыл бұрын

    It's the beatings in the schoolyard that really teach you something.

  • @Gabster1990
    @Gabster19903 жыл бұрын

    If private education was the best, the countries with the highest enrollment in private primary schools would reflect high educational attainments.

  • @davidcooks2379

    @davidcooks2379

    3 жыл бұрын

    Private education might be the best, but is it fair to give rich kids even more advantage that will allow them to perpetuate and sharpen wealth inequality? Shouldn't even kid have a chance in life?

  • @marlonmoncrieffe0728

    @marlonmoncrieffe0728

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@davidcooks2379 What do you mean? Abolish private education or fund public schools even more?

  • @bbmarcobb
    @bbmarcobb5 жыл бұрын

    It would have been interesting to develop the expressed opinion in more length and depth giving more arguments and facts to support the claim

  • @a.a6321
    @a.a63213 жыл бұрын

    Technology should be integrated in the system to allow for greater access to education ...from the covid situation we've absolutely seen how the gap between private and public education can be eliminated

  • @Ivanskrakow
    @Ivanskrakow3 жыл бұрын

    The best thing about Public education for a society , is that it become a a way for rich , middle class, and poor as well as different ethnic groups to learn from each other and become familiar in a personal way .. Keep them separate and you will foster divisions in a society.. Private schools to to foster elitism .. Also bring back the draft..

  • @kliudrsfhlih
    @kliudrsfhlih5 жыл бұрын

    Two words: history and context. This ought not be a yes/no question. In some countries everything they do just sort of works well and in others nothing seems to work ever. If the country is a dictatorship we don't want public schools to play a big roll, if the country has a history of systemic corruption within its people we don't want private schools at all. If private schools get to decide evolution isn't going to be taught we certainly don't want private schools. If the country has the resources to provide the best education to everyone through public schools while not only normalizing equality but also maintaining it long term kind of like Finland, then we don't need private schools. But if the country is still developing, then limiting private schools effectively limits the country's ability to produce and support its talent, so bring them private schools. It shouldn't be so much about ideology, but about the country's needs. But some people manipulate information to make it seem as though private education is a good idea or "it is about freedom" etc, just because they want to make money (keeping it real). If it tends to increase inequality... then it's not about freedoms anymore. You can't be "free" to increase inequality. If the country is rich, they don't really NEED private schools, but serious and responsable investment in education as well as leadership. It's true private schools can implement innovative ways of teaching and thus bring something valuable to the table even in Finland, but the benefit can be achieved with government pilot programs as well and it's not as valuable as maintaining equality. Private education in that context is not a NEED, but ultimately the people should be the ones to decide, let's not forget about democracy.

  • @alipaf2002
    @alipaf20025 жыл бұрын

    I am happy they put both parts of Punjab together. The state which suffered most due to partition.

  • @justinmoore5096
    @justinmoore50963 жыл бұрын

    Instead of suggesting that increased inequality in education would be worth it. I wish she suggested potential solutions, for narrowing the gap.

  • @loudezseran
    @loudezseran5 жыл бұрын

    I taught at a private baccalaureate school in Kuwait City that costed close to 20,000 USD per student per year, and the education offered was poor. Our STEM teacher had spent the previous eight years working as an ESL teacher and had no experience teaching STEM. Our theater teacher had no training or experience teaching theater and couldn't get admin to approve any textbook whatsoever even after the school year had begun. Multiple students had failed a grade and had severe disciplinary problems and management refused to effectively address their issues or kick them out of school. Many of the students were violent and got into fistfights, including in class. No honors classes were offered, no remedial or special education classes were offered, and only a few AP classes were offered. Thus, I'm absolutely certain that the students would have gotten a better education going to public schools for free rather than paying $20K just to be able to be in the same room as other kids who were from rich families.

  • @yakigesher-zion7289
    @yakigesher-zion72895 жыл бұрын

    I love long flowing robe uniforms

  • @janellechanly
    @janellechanly3 жыл бұрын

    I'm from Hong Kong, and I went to an international school there before deciding to study in a UK private boarding school. I've never been self-conscious about my English ability as it is my first language and not to brag but I would like to think that I am better than a lot of people here in HK. Anyways I was stunned by the times that I have been looked at weirdly for being Asian and the assumptions of not being able to speak English and eventually it started to make me doubt myself which is really unfortunate😅

  • @Dudemar0
    @Dudemar05 жыл бұрын

    Quite a superficial argument. No discussion of whether private school spending crowds out state school spending. If all the rich/influential people have their kids in private schools there is less incentive to invest in state education

  • @rboddington
    @rboddington3 жыл бұрын

    The framing is an excellent example of why magazines should not engage in video production.

  • @ramonlopez9440
    @ramonlopez94403 жыл бұрын

    Private school in developed country exist so rich kids only associate themselves to other rich kids. It's like private club, they focus so much on networking and connections.

  • @sebastienholmes548

    @sebastienholmes548

    3 жыл бұрын

    Then what do you call budget private schools?

  • @ramonlopez9440

    @ramonlopez9440

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sebastienholmes548 Catholic Schools

  • @5464654135756
    @54646541357565 жыл бұрын

    I am surprised to see a HK pupil receiving the DSE report card.

  • @importantname
    @importantname5 жыл бұрын

    Humans believe that their personal and family wealth gives them the right to rule. If it doesn't then what should wealth be used for?

  • @4G12

    @4G12

    5 жыл бұрын

    For bettering themselves and those around them.

  • @HighKingoftheElves
    @HighKingoftheElves2 жыл бұрын

    Privatise all schools, give government vouchers for those who can’t afford it

  • @simonhool3073

    @simonhool3073

    2 жыл бұрын

    Won’t work.

  • @winstonvpeloso
    @winstonvpeloso4 жыл бұрын

    i love these videos but the Economist should be making them longer and more in depth

  • @xianghaoli4036
    @xianghaoli40365 жыл бұрын

    Private schools are bloosming in China. Many excellent teachers in public schools are now employed in private schools because those schools offer better pay. But there's rumor that the government is going to restrict the growth of private education soon.

  • @christopherho8015
    @christopherho80153 жыл бұрын

    The private education system is a business. In some sense, it is similar to a SaaS model......not very much different from Spotify or Netflix where you keep collecting subscriptions every month. Oh wait, you can even recycle the content, not sure what subscribers would do if Spotify or Netflix decided not to update their content...

  • @tomlarpins7889
    @tomlarpins78893 жыл бұрын

    I agree with her synopsis, private and public sectors should work in tandem

  • @arnaldofigueiredotibyrica6202
    @arnaldofigueiredotibyrica62025 жыл бұрын

    What happens is simply that public education is generally inferior and outdated as compared to upper half of the private schools. Thei are more agile.

  • @annabarr1304
    @annabarr13043 жыл бұрын

    We decided on public school and put what we aren't spending on education in our child's savings. I'm still debating if it's the right thing to do in the long run.

  • @mukundgaur6699
    @mukundgaur66995 жыл бұрын

    I don't get it with China's one child policy from the perspective of having a girl child.

  • @hoong18
    @hoong183 жыл бұрын

    There is a very popular Chinese saying, even though you are poor you cannot scarifies education.When Deng Xiao Ping regained his power in the 80s his first task was to send millions of students overseas. The result is obvious. China emerged as the second largest economy. Soon it will surpass the US. It makes the latter so nervous until they don't know what to do.

  • @AmazingStoryDewd
    @AmazingStoryDewd2 жыл бұрын

    Im a bit of a pessimist when it comes to government controled education. Its not worth trusting them to do it right.

  • @wordsfromaus5862

    @wordsfromaus5862

    Жыл бұрын

    You're obviously American? Government mistrust there seems to be the way of life.

  • @user-rm4yd2cl2k
    @user-rm4yd2cl2k5 жыл бұрын

    I think culture plays a large role in this, country culture and society. You can’t, and shouldn’t, tell everyone else how they should live, but you can try to take control of that for your own family. Even if your public school is safe, with nice teachers and good classes, your child is still being ‘raised’ by this environment more than by with you and your values as a parent of this child, and what a good perspective and direction means for your family. I think that private schools, ‘part schools’ (where athletes and artists get their own classes at certain times with the peers they study their craft with, but inside of a public school building. We had this in my city) and homeschooling programs and private classes are really important to give kids and parents choice, in the kind of way their child spends a lot of their time, what environment that is in. I do think that the government should offer parents who choose this option an ability to apply for partial funding. That said, it is mandatory to invest more in public systems, many people like them and need them, I certainly liked it when I was there, it was a really great school. I think leaving the private sector for rich investors should free up the government for public school investment. ;) these school types serve different roles; public schools are for people who want an easy going; multi culture vibe, and free education. Private schooling are usually of interest to families of kids living *usually* specific subject centred lives (like religious, arts oriented, sports, sciences, etc) and they both have their place and need to be invested in.

  • @sunshinething
    @sunshinething3 жыл бұрын

    Forgot to mention that one pro of private education is it takes students-who would otherwise be in the over-subscribed state sector-out of the system to free up school spaces for other children who need them. As a teacher of 11 years who's worked in both state and private sectors, I think the solution is open up more collaboration between state and private schools to address the 'them and us' mentality, to increase scholarship funding so that at least 10% of all private school spaces are available to deserving students who would not ordinarily be able to afford it and to deregulate state schools' curricula so they have the flexibility to compete with the curricula that private schools offer.

  • @twist777hz
    @twist777hz5 жыл бұрын

    Would the Economist mind disclosing what proportion of their employees (esp. those in managerial roles) were privately educated?

  • @jaysterling26

    @jaysterling26

    5 жыл бұрын

    According to Pareto It'll be either 80% or 20%. You're guess...I know that the " Johnson" article writer Robert Lane Green ( very amiable chap) went to a private US university. Say that Oxbridge producesgraduates (bachelor degrees)@ 6000 per year, jobs need to be found for them...

  • @windskm

    @windskm

    5 жыл бұрын

    You can go their LinkedIn page and get an estimate yourself

  • @etherean369
    @etherean3698 ай бұрын

    Honestly, the problem isn't that rich kids go there. It's okay to spend on luxuries. It's that rich kids get all the opportunities because the schools normal people go to are automatically ranked lower. If performance were all that mattered, and normal schools provided great environments for success and had all EDUCATIONAL resources necessary, then this wouldn't even be news. It's not about hating rich ppl it's about giving everyone a chance because wealth is not a skill, esp not for children who are enjoying their parents efforts.

  • @cspicer77
    @cspicer773 жыл бұрын

    It probably varies by county but in the usa students from similar income levels perform the same whether they go to public or private school.

  • @sattwa5557
    @sattwa55575 жыл бұрын

    I know this is going to sound out of place in the seriousness of your wonderful talk and topic...but as woman, just want to say that you are amazing in your presentation that with hardly any make-up, you radiate a rare beauty, it makes you all the more convincing and appealing to listen to. A RESL PERSON!!!!!

  • @finallyfinally9317

    @finallyfinally9317

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @VikramKumar-fl5fd
    @VikramKumar-fl5fd5 жыл бұрын

    Western nations are all about capitalisation. Anyway this model may be suitable for rich countries like japan, china, uk ,us and so on. But it will act as powder keg for indian system. This may be succesful under strict regulations to include atleast 40% of students from backward sections (economically as well as socially). But they will be subject to huge discrimination.. i am confused because i like the idea but i am also against agressive privatisation. "Privatisation but under strict rugulations" and we know privatisation and regulations are hardcore enemy of each other.

  • @abhishekrao1602
    @abhishekrao16025 жыл бұрын

    There's a slight mistake in the video. It talks about Punjab province in Pakistan, however shows picture of golden Temple from Indian province of Punjab!

  • @Mirsab

    @Mirsab

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol 😂 no! It's the Badshahi Masjid, in Lahore Pakistan.

  • @hypernovic5301

    @hypernovic5301

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Mirsab Bro u should understand one thing people in our country lack "rational thinking".... We blindly follow what others are saying.... Hope u understand our condition...

  • @Mirsab

    @Mirsab

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@hypernovic5301 True, I appreciate your acknowledgement.

  • @abhishek0007india
    @abhishek0007india5 жыл бұрын

    Education sector is best business .?

  • @MigLiberte
    @MigLiberte5 жыл бұрын

    How does it better schooling? The issue we’re having in developing countries is the real value of our education. Both public and private schools have students receiving.mediocre schooling. The only difference is with most private schools it’s a pay to play game where snowplow parents can bid for the highest ticket for there kids to be in a school that will give them more of an advantage for hiring or entering prestigious universities regardless of the actual competitive capabilities they may have in relation with their peers and public school students. If anything nowadays the online material anyone can find from small tuition courses (that lower to middle class kids could afford) or just flat out get for free online is WAY BETTER schooling than any public or private school would ever teach. This lowers inequality and makes knowledge easily accessible for everyone not just the privileged like you state it’s doing. We can follow from those that actually lead and not from those who hold false leadership positions.

  • @sukeyzhou900
    @sukeyzhou9005 жыл бұрын

    Education is worth investment for sure.

  • @isaacshur4787
    @isaacshur47875 жыл бұрын

    So, inequality is a "price worth paying for the liberty, the resources, for the better brains, for the innovation, for the quality of education, and the breadth of education that you get". Except, only the wealthy families of the world are really getting these benefits in full. That's what INEQUALITY means. What's the point then? Inequality is justified because wealthy people benefit from it? Education should provide EVERYONE with more liberty, resources, etc. Wealthy families have advantages as in, being wealthy in the first place. Why give them more advantages at the expense of others?

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    @edaccura3 жыл бұрын

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  • @windskm
    @windskm5 жыл бұрын

    Schools don't have to be 100% private or 100% public. What we need is more in between.

  • @presiyanpeev2218

    @presiyanpeev2218

    5 жыл бұрын

    no

  • @jimsy5530

    @jimsy5530

    3 жыл бұрын

    The UK does this. There are a handful of state boarding schools. The tuition is free, but the boarding costs around 3000 pounds a year. The teachers teach the state curriculum, but they are usually exceptionally talented at their jobs, and the schools are selective, so you get bright children in the classrooms too. Of course, selection is another reason for inequality, but at least it's based on talent, rather than how deep mummy and daddy's pockets are.

  • @Dear_Mr._Isaiah_Deringer
    @Dear_Mr._Isaiah_Deringer5 жыл бұрын

    Eaton brought the best and brightest Leaders in the UK. Straight up the best of the best.

  • @Mrchair-bk5ns

    @Mrchair-bk5ns

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sarcasm?

  • @Dear_Mr._Isaiah_Deringer

    @Dear_Mr._Isaiah_Deringer

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Mrchair-bk5ns Yes Sir.

  • @Deathmastertx
    @Deathmastertx5 жыл бұрын

    I feel like Australia where I am spends far too much giving grants to upper-middle-class families so they can send their kids to wealthy private schools which they would be far better off funding public schools. Parents should be able to choose to send their kids to a private school but the government shouldn't be granting so much money to wealthy private schools and the wealthy families that send them there.

  • @salahaddin2009
    @salahaddin20094 жыл бұрын

    Why overcomplicate? A generous portion of the countries GDP should go to education for the masses, you invest x amount of money, the return on investment will be 10 fold. In return infrastructure, agriculture, sciences, business all get a boost in the long term. Inequality is unfair on every level, everyone should have the opportunity to thrive.

  • @dennisatkins9666
    @dennisatkins96665 жыл бұрын

    Hands up to anyone who hasn't made a mistake .The caste system is as strong ever ,people know where to invest their money

  • @imeldamogi
    @imeldamogi11 ай бұрын

    yeah..

  • @vascoamaralgrilo
    @vascoamaralgrilo3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @ant5611
    @ant56113 жыл бұрын

    This race put incredible pressure on society. Maybe they should look at the Scandinavian countries of how they run their education system.

  • @shad0wyenigma
    @shad0wyenigma3 жыл бұрын

    I can think of one simple policy that would allow private schools to stay open but would also mean that their negative effects on social mobility are negated. For every £1 a parent puts into a private school for their kids education, they must also put £1 in for a child on the lowest household income bracket to attend the same school. This would have the duel effect of making private schools 2x more expensive and engines of social mobility. Poor people would get a massive lift up. With fewer people going to private school overall, meaning that people have more of an inventive to invest in state run schools.

  • @sjelucten7150

    @sjelucten7150

    Жыл бұрын

    I think parents should be responsible for their children's education. If they can't afford to have 4 children, why not just have one child, so that they can afford to send the child to a school in which the chich is safe and can study well.

  • @calvinsylveste8474
    @calvinsylveste84745 жыл бұрын

    What are the practical differences in education between elite and poor schools? Is there some elite or special knowledge reserved for the expensive schools and forbidden to the poor ones?

  • @davidcooks2379

    @davidcooks2379

    3 жыл бұрын

    The chance of getting in university is double from private schools than state schools. So the should be