Today,
in many countries, there are private schools which are preferred by some people
for their better physical conditions and the education they give/ provide.
These schools are mainly open to economically privileged students because of
the required fees. Scholarship students constitute just a small part of these
schools’ students. It is obvious that these schools create and reinforce
inequality in society and should be abolished after some steps are taken.
One of the
main arguments against abolishing private schools is that people have the right
to freely make their choice of the school they will attend or they want their
children to do so . Private schools provide a variety of options in that they
can have different educational approaches and philosophies. They argue that
this variety gives people the chance to choose the one that meshes best with
their own understanding of education, and people should be free in spending
their money for this school. However, this argument overlooks the fact that
getting a good education is one of the essential rights of every human. This
right should be independent of the money people are able to pay. It may be true
that state schools are not as diverse as private schools in terms of their
educational approaches and philosophy. The education they offer is more
dependent on a standard curriculum which is usually compatible with the state’s
interests and they may also be more closed to new methods in education. At this
point, independent nongovernmental organizations should take part inefforts to
force the government to change this situation and make an effort to make state
schools as diverse as private schools
are.
It
is a fact that state schools are usually more inadequate than private schools in terms of both their
educational resources and facilities but this fact doesn’t mean private schools
shouldn’t be abolished. Governments and other groups should take initiative to
enhance the situation of state schools. After this process, private schools
should be abolished because abolishing them will also help state schools to
reach better standards in that it will put pressure on politicians to support
state schools and force them to allocate more from the budget for these
schools.
In
conclusion, protecting people’s rights is why a government is founded and the
right to education is one of those rights. Private schools are not solutions to
existing problems in education and cause inequality to be reproduced. It is
quite understandable that people with sufficient money want to get a better
education; what we need to change is the situation of state schools and after
some efforts, another step should be abolishing private schools.
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