Writing for an Academic Discussion Government funding for primary education or college level education? - revised -

Do you think the government should prioritize funding for primary education or for college level education?

 

 

☆Let’s Think

1.        How do primary education and college level education differ?

2.        What are the advantages of a good primary education?

3.        Who will benefit when college level education is subsidized more?

 

 

☆Hints for Points

Primary education

1.     Better primary education promotes equity. Primary education is for everyone while college level education is for only a small percentage of the population. Therefore, spending money on the former is more egalitarian than the latter, all children getting more resources for self-fulfillment, which increases opportunities to live a better life.

 

2.     Spending money on children would benefit society and the government in the long run because it will narrower the education gap. Everyone receives the primary education, so it raises the intelligence level of the whole population, who will make good workforce and citizens.

 

3.     Good primary education will reduce the number of health and social problems. It will increase the number of children who finish primary education and continue to middle school and higher education. The more educated people are, the less health and social problems they will have

 

4.     To find more talents, primary education should be subsidized more. Many people who are as good as any successful people are doing menial jobs because they were not recognized when they were children. They could have contributed to the country if they had received a proper primary education.

 

College education

1.     Giving the smartest people an intensive higher education will help produce experts who will build and develop the country as quickly as possible. Better-educated students will contribute more to innovations and inventions. Thus, it is efficient to support those who have shown the best academic ability.

 

2.     Subsidizing college will help produce more skilled and resourceful workers. This will raise productivity of the whole society, and tax revenue will increase as a result.

 

3.     To revolutionize the whole education system, the government should start with the higher education to help change the educational concept and put new ideas into practice such as letting graduate school-bound students teach their subjects part-time at local grade schools.

 

 

☆Response for Ideas and Expression

I believe the government should prioritize primary education. As Emily says, a good education during formative years is crucial because it prepares children well for advanced level education and later life. Primary education must provide children with not only working basic knowledge which will smoothly introduces them into the intermediate level education but also moral and vision about life and society that will save them from straying from the right path. Also, allocating budget to compulsory education is more egalitarian than doing it to higher education as the former is for all children while the latter is only for good students. All people must be given equal opportunities regardless of their backgrounds such as race, ethnicity, or financial status of their family. Especially for children with any of these disadvantages, meeting a good teacher in a good educational environment, including good facilities like personal computers and internet access, can greatly help them move up the social ladder. This will raise the spirit of the whole population and will benefit the country more than supporting elites, a small percentage of the population. Therefore, the educational institution for everyone to jump-start their lives must be subsidized more than higher education. (188 words)

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