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## Charter School policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).

**Charter schools must have a specific**
focus.

Charter schools are not allowed.

Only non-profit organizations may
establish charter schools.

Charter schools must be non-profit and
have a specific focus.

Charter school funding, regulation, and
development is left up to local governments.

## Education for children under adult age.

**Education is compulsory, but home**
schooling is permitted.

Education is entirely voluntary.

Education is compulsory and has to
happen at school.

## The age until which students, if education were to be compulsary, are required to be educated (limited between 16 and 21).

17

## Higher Education Institutions

**The government maintains a system of**
universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.

The government maintains a system of
universities nationwide.

The government leaves the development
and funding of vocational schools and colleges up to local
governments.

The government leaves the development
and funding of all higher education institutions up to local
governments.

The government does not maintain any
forms of higher education.

## The regulation of higher education

**The government allows private higher**
education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.

The government allows public and
private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation
for those that are private.

The government does not allow private
higher education institutions.

The government does not fund any public
higher education institutions, permitting only private higher
education institutions to exist.

The government provides local
governments with funding to operate higher educational institutions.

## Higher Education Tuition Policy

The government subsidizes tuition only
for students from families classified as low-income or poor.

The government subsidizes higher
education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the
individual students. This includes scholarship programs.

The government fully subsidizes
tuition.

The government does not subsidize
tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does
not include scholarship programs.

**The government introduces means tested**
loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after
earnings reach a certain amount.

## Pre-School education.

The government maintains a system of
free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.

The government maintains a system of
free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private
establishments.

**The government maintains a system of**
free publically owned nurseries alongside unregulated private
establishments.

The government leaves the pre-school
education policy to local governments.

The government leaves development of
nurseries to the private sector.

Pre-school education is private, but
the government covers the schoolcosts of poor families.

## Government funding for private schools

**Private educational institutions**
receive no government funding whatsoever.

Only charter schools are given
government funding.

Only religious schools receive
government funding.

Government funding for private schools
applies only to charter and religious schools.

All private schools, even for-profit
private schools, are given government funding.

Private schools are given funding on a
case-by-case basis.

The funding of private schools is the
responsibility of local governments.

## The education system.

**There is a free public education system**
alongside private schools.

Education is entirely private and
schools run on a for-profit basis.

Education is private, but the
government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged
children.

There is a free public education system
and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to
ensure they teach adequate skills and information.

Education is entirely public and free;
private schools are banned.

Education is private, but the
government subsidises the cost of it for everyone

Education is a matter of local
governments.

## Singing the national anthem in schools.

**Children are never made to sing the**
national anthem.

Children are only made to sing the
national anthem on special occasions.

Children are made to sing the national
anthem at the commencement of school each day.

Children are not made to sing the
national anthem, but are required to show respect when it is played
at the commencement of school each day.

## Sexual Education in schools.

Schools have an obligation to give
sexual education at some point in puberty.

Schools should not educate students in
sexual matters.

**This decision is up to the schools**
themselves without government regulation.

Schools have an obligation to give
sexual education at some point in puberty, but individual students
have an opt-out option.

## Educational testing policies in the public educational system.

**Standardised testing is the primary**
means of testing the skills and knowledge of students.

Standardised testing is discouraged in
favor of practical testing in the work field.

Standardised testing is secondary to
student creativity.

Testing policies are left up entirely
to the local government to craft

Local governments may craft their own
testing policies, but all students must meet basic national
requirements

## The teacher's right to discipline children.

**Teachers are forbidden from striking**
children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention,
expulsion etc).

Teachers may use corporal punishment at
their discretion.

Discipline levels are set by schools.

Discipline levels are set by local
governments.

No forms of direct discipline are
allowed.