How much education is free in your country?

In India we have access to free education at the primary level only in government public schools,but they cannot keep up with the standards of private schools,so most of us have to pay for our education right from day one. But the government is taking a lot of initiatives and the conditions are bound to improve in near future.

Here in the Philippines... We have public and private schools. Obviously, in public schools, they enjoy lower tuition fee rates compared to private schools. If one is less fortunate, he/she is offered a scholarship. Even if a child is below 13 years old and is studying in public school, his/her parents are required to pay for their school fees. Sad thing, huh? In short, schooling was never free here in the Philippines amidst the fact that there are a lot of children who cant afford to study.

Here in India, the government run schools are free in urban areas upto 5th grade and in rural areas upto 10th grade.. nothing else is free.. there are no funds that the poor may benefit from, there are no programs for the kids regarding co-curricular activities, even colleges dont go for spot or cultural meets now a days.. its just like those who are studying continue studying, the others continue rotting away..

No education is free, because its funded by the taxes that tax payers pay monthly. I know what you mean though. We do not have to pay anything for education up until the age of 20. If someone has a low income and still in full-time education after their 20th birthday they carry on getting it free until they are counted as having enough money to fund their own education. ~Joeys wife

in our country china,,have education had never be free,,although in the elementary school,even if the higher school,in the college maybe takes much more money ..so some poor family cant bear this high fee,so most of our college and university have the programs to help the poor to finish the fours education,.,,,so it is so lucky for them,i remember i gain the scholarship in the college,wish you have a good day and merry christmas

lucky for you! here in my country,we have free education from grades one to grade six only and there are some government schools offering free education for high school and some colleges also but due to high cost of living in my country with lots of poor people.a lot of people cant afford to give their children a good education thats why only a few can finish their studies while others have to make a living just to make it in school.i guess it happens here because of rampant corruption in the government from the highest position in the land to the lowest.they all steal the peoples money for their own appetite.leaving the poor to go down more poorer and the rich more richer.

here in India education is free till age of 14 in government schools. and govt also sponsers bright students of low income group to finish their college.more than this there are many social groups who help int the completion of education for needy children.

Here in the Philippines there are public schools that offer free education from elementary to high school. Unfortunately they are packed full and the quality is not as good as a private school, so they are mostly for poor people only. The government also offers free technical/vocational courses as a livelihood program. If a student is diligent enough he can avail of a scholarship program being offered by some charitable foundations so that he can attend college. These usually require that high grades be maintained.

You are very lucky. I am from China. My son is 3.5 years old. I realized the education fee is so expensive here. My son goes to the kindergarten. I have paid a lot for it and every month I still have to pay for his education fee. Every month his charge in the kingarten is about 1/3 of my salary. However, this is only for kindergarten. He has to go to primary school, high school and even university in the future. So you can imagine what's the big pressure for every parent here. Nothing is free of charge.

Hi desertdalene, It is not so easy to provide free education in INdia. There are lot of pvt educational institutes which takes higher fees from parents and parents also like to send their childrens in pvt schools for better education to survive in this competative world. Very Few peoples send their childrens in government school. Now goverment of india has decided that every single girlchild in a family would be eligible for free education upto intermediate standard (twelveth standard). It has been decided that all institutes seeking affialiation to central board of secondary education would have to give total fee waiver for every girl, who is single child of their parents. If there were two girls in a family, both will be entitled for fee concession upto 50%.

Hi,there! Well,in my country,we receive education for free for about 9 years.I remember when I was young,we had to pay not very little tuition for high school.However,the government has taken some measures so that nowadays students pay much less than before in high school.After 9 years,then the students need to pay the tuition and it's not too expensive before university.It isn't hard to go to high school.I don't think it's very hard to go to college either.But it's not that easy to go to some good ones.There are some programs to help people get a higher education cause now we have "hope project" and the government would also try to help those poor students:) Thanks for the discussion and have a nice weekend^_^

Like what marie mentioned about the Philippines' educational system, poor families can opt to send their children to public elementary and high schools. However, due to poor funding the quality of education is greatly affected. Classrooms are so packed with so many students that i doubt students learn anything at all. Schools lack chairs, tables and even classrooms. Some students graduate from elementary not being able to read! There are public science high schools that offer a higher standard of education which provide education at par or even comparably better than the private institutions. Science high schools are reserved for the intelligent ones and have a tight screening process. For college, there are also colleges run by the government. It's a cheaper choice but similar to the status of elementary education. I graduated from a public university and I can say that due to the low budget being given to the university, quality education is compromised. Imagine we had to clean test tubes and other lab equipment using a dipper and a pale of water. To top that, we had to buy lab materials from our own pockets just to get by.

Hello,desertdarlene! in my country,India, education has not so far been made compulsory not even treated as the fundamental right for the children.of course up to the primary levels{between the age group 6 to 14} free education is provided to the children.but the system is totally a failure one for different reasons.so we depend mostly on public schools run by private sector.as the cost of these schools are too high,some times it becomes a burden for the common man to send their children to such schools.in high schools also we are paying higher rates of admission fees.but in colleges the cost is too much for which poor students discontinue their studies.so far higher studies,technical education is concerned the cost of admission fees as well as annual tution fees are not within the reach of even the higher middle class people.there is no subsidised schemes to help the poor people.in India education has become the subject of the higher income groups.thank you.good day.

In China,free education is a dream or goal of future. All of us need more money to finish our education.