#australiaeducation — Public Fediverse posts

@peachfront I was educated in the 70s and 80s in Australia, and all education was free for me, including university. Back then, there were private schools, but the majority of Australians attended public schools. The focus was on equal access to quality education for everyone, regardless of their background. It’s disheartening to see how much has changed, with growing inequality in our education system today.#AustraliaEducation #PublicEducation #FreeEducation #EqualAccess #ChangingTimes

@peachfront I was educated in the 70s and 80s in Australia, and all education was free for me, including university. Back then, there were private schools, but the majority of Australians attended public schools. The focus was on equal access to quality education for everyone, regardless of their background. It’s disheartening to see how much has changed, with growing inequality in our education system today.#AustraliaEducation #PublicEducation #FreeEducation #EqualAccess #ChangingTimes

@peachfront I was educated in the 70s and 80s in Australia, and all education was free for me, including university. Back then, there were private schools, but the majority of Australians attended public schools. The focus was on equal access to quality education for everyone, regardless of their background. It’s disheartening to see how much has changed, with growing inequality in our education system today.#AustraliaEducation #PublicEducation #FreeEducation #EqualAccess #ChangingTimes

@peachfront I was educated in the 70s and 80s in Australia, and all education was free for me, including university. Back then, there were private schools, but the majority of Australians attended public schools. The focus was on equal access to quality education for everyone, regardless of their background. It’s disheartening to see how much has changed, with growing inequality in our education system today.#AustraliaEducation #PublicEducation #FreeEducation #EqualAccess #ChangingTimes

@peachfront I was educated in the 70s and 80s in Australia, and all education was free for me, including university. Back then, there were private schools, but the majority of Australians attended public schools. The focus was on equal access to quality education for everyone, regardless of their background. It’s disheartening to see how much has changed, with growing inequality in our education system today.#AustraliaEducation #PublicEducation #FreeEducation #EqualAccess #ChangingTimes

@peachfront

In Australia, we've unfortunately copied much of the American blueprint when it comes to education. Our private schools are now better funded by the federal government by a factor of three to one compared to public schools. This has created a widening gap in access to quality education, where private schools thrive while public schools struggle with underfunding. If all students, regardless of their background, attended the same schools, we'd see a fairer distribution of resources and opportunities, preventing the deepening divide that exists today.

#AustraliaEducation #PublicVsPrivate #EducationFunding #EqualityInEducation #CloseTheGap

@phil_stevens In contrast to Finland's equal access education model, Australian universities for exaple have become fee-based profit machines, where foreign students outnumber local ones. Many enrol not just for education but as a pathway to secure visas. This trend raises concerns about whether the focus on profit is undermining accessibility and quality for local Australians.

#AustraliaEducation #ProfitMachine #FeeBased #ForeignStudents #LocalStudents #HigherEducation #VisaPathway #EducationSystem