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Shouldnt equal education be available to everyone?

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angell84 · 16/02/2020 23:20

I have just returned to the U.K. after a very long period abroad, and I am shocked at the school system in the U.K. I lived in another country where equal education was available to everyone.

Why do we have comprehensive, and independant and fee paying schools in the U.K? Why is better education given to those with money who can afford it? Shouldn't equal education be available to everyone?
The discrimination in education - is shocking in the U.K.

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Fifthtimelucky · 16/02/2020 23:37

I agree with you in principle but in practice even if everyone went to a comprehensive school, I don't think their education would necessarily be equal.

There are some brilliant comprehensive schools. There are also some dreadful ones. The same applies to state primary schools.

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angell84 · 16/02/2020 23:34

@BackforGood but it is not about the people with the spending power. It is about a human right that equal education should be available to everyone.

I just saw online that German is getting into trouble over this too

"Germany's private schools are violating the constitution by picking students according to their parents' wealth, a new study has found. The result is increasing social segregation and elitism"

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BackforGood · 16/02/2020 23:30

Everyone in the UK is entitled to education which is free at the point of delivery well, unless you have special needs then it doesn't necessarily happen .
Some people with money choose to spend lots of that money, buying in to Private Education. When you have money, you can choose to spend it on whatever you want.

JayAlfredPrufrock · 16/02/2020 23:27

Which country did you live in?

attatiti · 16/02/2020 23:25

Most countries have the option of private education don’t they? It’s not a UK-specific thing.

PurpleDaisies · 16/02/2020 23:25

If you think that’s bad, look at the difference in free education between mainstream and SEND.

JuanSheetIsPlenty · 16/02/2020 23:22

Why is better education given to those with money who can afford it?

It isn’t given to them. It’s sold to them. Just like people with more money buy more expensive clothes, cars, houses and even healthcare.

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