SOME COUNTRIES PAY THEIR STUDENTS TO GO TO SCHOOL
@SIDIKIMPOLE (1405)
Eldoret, Kenya
June 21, 2024 9:15am CST
Yes, you read it right! There exist countries where tuition is completely free and students are paid to go to school just the way you are paid a salary to work. This is actually what should be done worldwide if we were to be fair enough. Denmark is an example of such a country. Most Danish public colleges pay their students to attend classes and even offer them a ‘back to home’ package when they graduate. In Africa, Libya attempted that approach but it was cut short by the uprising that brought down Gaddafi. In the Libyan approach, students that reached a certain grade upon graduation started receiving monthly stipends until the got a job, and then deductions were made on their salaries for some time. In Kenya, there was total mockery of free primary education, funded by the US and other western countries but the funds were looted by the then leaders. Currently, there is no such a thing as free education, and after hitting the age of 25, one is required by law to contribute USD 5.00 monthly for health insurance fund or risk a jail term of upto 18 months! How is the state in your country? Are students paid to go to school?
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@porwest (85968)
• United States
21 Jun
@SIDIKIMPOLE Anything free is never free. It's the one thing most people miss. SOMEONE has to pay for it. And typically, when things are free and especially when they are government controlled...they suck. lol
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@SIDIKIMPOLE (1405)
• Eldoret, Kenya
21 Jun
@porwest I tend to agree with you! But some ought be free esp where the outcome is apt to benefit entire society
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@Marilynda1225 (82009)
• United States
21 Jun
Education is a must for everyone and I tend to agree that it should be free or at least affordable.
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@SIDIKIMPOLE (1405)
• Eldoret, Kenya
21 Jun
Yes, that is how it should be, because an educated person becomes important to the entire society.
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@pumpkinjam (8679)
• United Kingdom
23 Jun
In England, education is mandatory and free until the age of 18 (that was changed from 16 in 2015). There are other options of paid education but everyone under 19 is entitled to free education (which was the case even before the school leaving age was changed). That would include school from the age of 4 to 16 then A-levels or other courses that could be done at a college or school or other institution. After that, we can choose to move on to university education but that can be costly. There is financial help available but that's usually in the form of loans (although there are also bursaries and scholarships).
I like the idea of paying people to stay in education, but I can see how there could be problems. There are young people who simply couldn't afford university so that would benefit them.
My eldest son did some work experience at a school where they paid pupils to show up. This is an unusual thing. It was at a 'free' school, which basically means they don't have to follow a set curriculum and have more freedom and flexibility with what they can do. It was a school for children (teens, I think) who didn't get on at mainstream school. Even though they were offered cash to turn up, many still didn't!
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@SIDIKIMPOLE (1405)
• Eldoret, Kenya
24 Jun
This is so wonderful. I think this is as a result of good governance
@aninditasen (16184)
• Raurkela, India
22 Jun
Here the students have to produce an income certificate and caste certificate to get free education in government schools but private schools are very expensive but people have to send their children there as government school teachers are very negligent in their duty.
@grenery8 (7380)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
21 Jun
state pays for you but all the papers is on you, if you get in a normal way, under the number the university is looking for. if you're under the line, you are paying your year. yes, there are tuitions but you have to have only As, which is not easy. i love this idea; feels too good to be true.
@zhangxueying (3343)
• China
21 Jun
We have a 9-year compulsory education, and the 9-year period from primary school to secondary school is free of tuition, but textbook fees are required. During university and graduate studies, there are scholarships, and student loans.
@Beestring (14213)
• Hong Kong
21 Jun
In my city, the government offers 9 years of free education. That is from Grade 1 to 9.
