Publicly owned school
A state school (shortly also: public school , state school ) is a school in the sponsorship of the government is. In contrast to a privately owned school , it is run by the state and financed from tax revenues . It is non-denominational and serves state goals, such as education for tolerance . A major advantage of public schools is that they are accessible to everyone free of charge, an essential requirement for compulsory education .
Europe
Germany
Representatives of independent schools also claim that their institutions are public schools (as opposed to the term private school ).
England, Wales and Northern Ireland
In these countries, public schools are not referred to as "public school", but rather as "state school" or "county school", since "public school" is understood to mean a certain type of exclusive private school .
Scotland
Unlike in the rest of the UK, where public schools are known as state schools, in Scotland the term public school is sometimes used to mean public schools, but it is ambiguous. The reason the terminology in Scotland differs from the rest of the Kingdom is due to the very early introduction of universal education on behalf of the state. Even in this early period, the term "public" was part of the name of some school names. Due to the fact that Scotland is part of the United Kingdom, the term "state school" is used in parallel when it comes to a uniform use of language. At the same time there are some well-known privately owned schools, which are also known as "public schools". These offer qualifications that are more common in other parts of the Kingdom, such as: B. the A-levels in addition to the Scottish Qualifications Authority system common in Scotland .
Latin America
In countries such as Brazil and Mexico , the term “public schools” ( escuelas públicas in Spanish , escolas públicas in Portuguese ) is used for educational institutions owned by federal, state or local governments that do not charge school fees. Such schools exist at all levels of education from beginning to college and university level.
South Africa
In South Africa , two categories of schools are recognized by the South African Schools Act of 1996: public and independent. Independent schools are private schools . Some private schools have low tuition fees and are subsidized by the state; others - with higher tuition fees - receive no state subsidies. Public schools are all government-sponsored, including the so-called “Section 21 Schools” (formerly known as “Model C” or “semi-private” schools), which have their own supervisory body with a limited degree of financial self-administration, as they nevertheless are accountable to the state and also belong to it in terms of ownership.
USA and Australia
In the USA and Australia these schools are called "public school" or "state school".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prof. Dr. Arnold Köpcke-Duttler: The status of independent schools (PDF file; 39 kB)
- ↑ Christian Füller in taz.de: Schools must work freely - Interview with Kurt Wilhelmi from the Berlin people's initiative School in Freedom