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# TITLE: Should we ban private education? [9240a43bf79324ccea4d2dba5c6ffb10]
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# PUBLICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# MODIFICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# NUMBER ALTERNATIVES: 4
# NUMBER VOTERS: 5
# NUMBER UNIQUE ORDERS: 5
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 1: Statement 1 - In general, the group was opposed to banning private education. The group felt that it is the parents' choice to send their children to private school and that the government should not interfere. The group also felt that private education can provide a service that state schools are unable to provide. The group also felt that private education can contribute to the economy. The group also felt that private education can free up places in the overcrowded State schools for other children who don't have a choice of where they are educated. The group also felt that private schools attract many higher quality teachers and also with the smaller classes, the exam results are generally much better.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 2: Statement 2 - In general, the group was opposed to banning private education. The group felt that it is the parents' choice to send their children to private school and that the government should not interfere. The group also felt that private education can provide a service that state schools are unable to provide. The group also felt that private education can contribute to the economy.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 3: Statement 3 - In general, the group was opposed to banning private education. The group felt that it is the parents' choice to send their children to private school and that the government should not interfere. The group also felt that private education can provide a service that state schools are unable to provide. The group also felt that private education can contribute to the economy. The group also felt that private education is unfair as it gives some children a better education purely because they are from a higher income family.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 4: Statement 4 - In general, the group was opposed to banning private education. The group felt that it is the parents' choice to send their children to private school and that the government should not interfere. The group also felt that private education can provide a service that state schools are unable to provide. The group also felt that private education can contribute to the economy. The group also felt that if private education was banned, the government would have to provide education for all the students currently in private education. The group also felt that if it was banned, higher income families would still be able to hire private tutors etc which would still give those students an unfair advantage at school. The group also felt that private education allows diverse learning and that the government should not even dare to suggest or think about banning it. The group also felt that if children go to private schools it frees up places in the overcrowded State schools for other children who don't have a choice of where they are educated. The group also felt that results from private schools also seem to be better as these schools attract many higher quality teachers and also with the smaller classes, the exam results are generally much better.
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