What are the main advantages of banning private education?What is your opinion on the matter?

Question

some people feel that the responsibility for providing education should be borne only by the government and that private education should be banned.Are there any circumtances where private education should be allowed?

Answer 1

i have been to both extremes..i was at the worst public school in the area and overal wasnt very happy despite the fact I had loyal friends there! So one day, out of the blue I left there and only told my close friends and no one else which was awful because everyone asked questions and made a huge deal out of it, although they all ignored me when I was at the school..So two weeks later I started at the most exspensive private school in the area...first month or two I loved it..the school seamed just how they described it...they sed "we nurture the individual" (sorry cant spell nurture lol) well! 6 months later I walk in on all my so called friends completly gossiping about me...saying some awful things...my world fell apart..these were the people who I spent all my time with, my so called friends! The teachers didnt care anymore...they ignored me in class despite the fact there was a maxium of 10 people in the class..they just didnt help me! and well, as for nurturing the individual! HA..they treated every1 like a heard of sheep! and where was all these thousands of pounds we were spending each year going! we couldnt even afford 5 new computers and had to use windows 95..and never went on trips because apparently they didnt have enough money! couldnt afford air con or anything! and to make it worse we had saturday school! and most of the time the teachers didnt turn up anyway! So! ...here I am a year and a half later and im moving school again! Now i no i have moaned about the private school most but Im not prepared to go back to my old public school..but the other day I looked round a school, and spent 3 days having a taster day! they dont wear uniform, we call the teachers by there first names, its laid back, loads of trips, encouragment, and iv made friends already! and i havent even started!
ok! So i havent realy told people im leaving, iv have told some, but to be honest I couldnt be happier with my choice!
Yer, u may be wondering...yes it is private! but hey! if they can garantee these grades they have promised and i may acctually be happy..im all for it!!

Didnt really answer your question though..sorry
(by the way, i copied it from another question I answered like this)

-lulabee

Answer 2

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As someone who works in the public school system, I have a lot of personal stake in seeing that our students don't go to private schools, but I would never think it was logical to ban them. There are lots of arguments against banning private education. Here are a few:

1. People who have money are allowed to spend it on any legal commodity that they want. Why should education be excluded? You don't cure a problem by requiring everyone to accept mediocrity. If my local public schools are mediocre (at best) and I can afford better education for my kids, why should I not be allowed to buy it for them? Are we all required to drive a Chevy Cobalt if we can afford a Cadillac? No. So why should education be any different?

2. Religious schools (a branch of private eduation) exist for one, sole, purpose. They are there to provide a religiously-based education to children. We are, in this country, allowed the freedom to practice our religions. Why should this not extend to the way we educate our children?

3. Everything works better with competition. Look at the failure of communism all over the world, the fall of the Soviet empire, etc. All state-run institutions tend to dumb down to the common denominator. If the public schools had no competition, what would be their incentive to do a good job? They would have a captive audience who are forced to accept whatever crap they dish out. Competition is a good driving force to get everyone to perform better.

There are more, but these are the first arguments that come to mind.
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Answer 3

What country are you in? How do you define "private education?"

Here in the US, we have private pre-schools, private kindergardens, private elementary schools, private high schools, and many private colleges and universities. And private technical and trade schools. Each serves a different role. Many of them have no public or government run equivalent.

Are you suggesting that we should outlaw institutions like Harvard University? Its one of the greatest universities in the world.

I don't think its possible for the government to create institutions of equal quality to some of the great private educational institutions that we have in this country. In fact, in pretty much every category that I mentioned in paragraph two, the government schools that do exist are not as good as the private ones.

Maybe we should ban public education?

Answer 4

I believe that private education should be allowed to those who have conditions (Mental or physical defects) that would make them difficult to study in a public school (where they would be targets of peer abuse and neglect, neither of which is a great thing to have in a learning environment).

Answer 5

If you are referring to "home schooling" I am all for it up until a certain age,and it should not be baned.My Grand Son was home schooled until he was 9 years old.When he went to his first public school he was bumped up one grade the first semester.He graduated from the 9th grade (at the age of 13) with a 4.0 GPA.I guess something can be said for Home Schooling.

Answer 6

Private institute are the best to provide quality education and can meet your academic ( tailored courses) needs how you please, it a pity that someone people don't feel that way.

I am at private school , i have tutor who call me to see my progress and can arrange to meet up with them and support me in doing my school projects.I feel i am getting value for my money.