Private School
Private schools are schools that are not run by the government. They offer various types of schools and levels of education. Although the government does not directly run the private schools, the government should give more attention to private schools for some good reasons.
Private schools provide parents with an alternative to the state sector, and a learning environment, which might better suit their children. In addition, whilst there are many bad state schools, there are also bad private schools, and some excellent state schools which compete with the best private schools.
The existence of private education can actually be financially beneficial to state schools. The state funds the education system through taxation. Parents who do not send their children to state schools still pay the same taxes. Therefore, there is more money per child in the state sector. There is evidence that a large number of parents, who send their children to private schools, are both ‘fi rst time buyers’ – i.e. neither parent attending a private school – and not from the privileged elite that the opposition would have us believe.
Based on the above discussion, it is obvious that the government should give more attention to private schools because they also contribute much in the education world.
Adapted from: http://www.idebate.org
Answer these questions based on the text.
1. What is a private school?
2. What advantages do we get from a private school?
3. What does the writer suggest that the government do?
4. The general statement of topic discussed can be found in paragraph ….
5. Where do you find the suggestion which contains what should or should not happen?
