Australian Private Schools
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European history in Australia is very short and as a result it can be interesting to look into the development of its [educate] system in [relate] to similar societies. When compared to the USA and Britain, the most striking aspect of Australian education is the incredibly high proportion of private schools and the number of students [attend] them. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (August 1996) show that 29.3 percent of the school population attends privately run [institute] compared to approximately 10 percent in the UK and USA.
As this strange situation has evolved over the past 150 years it is [relative] easy to trace the most important causes. Australia was [prime] settled by the English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh who all followed different churches of Christianity. They argued as to which was to be taught in schools which led to the [adopt] of government schools with no religious affiliations. This action led to the removal of funding to church schools which in turn meant that Catholic schools had to find [alternate] funding and also work harder to attract students. Parents had to pay for their choice of school and this set a [precede] Now more and more [migrate] of diverse cultures and religions come to Australia and decide to set up schools which will protect their children's identities. As Australian society has [diverse] it has become advantageous for politicians to improve their popularity with powerful groups by supporting these schools financially, improving their quality and appeal to [prospect] students.
Unfortunately this seems to have created a vicious circle as public schools are now receiving less from the [govern] so have trouble providing an adequate service. This then makes the private, fee-paying schools more popular with parents, which allows politicians to [just] giving more financial support to them. The future of good quality public education therefore seems in doubt.
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European history in Australia is very short and as a result it can be interesting to look into the development of its [educate] (1. education) system in [relate] (2. relation) to similar societies. When compared to the USA and Britain, the most striking aspect of Australian education is the incredibly high proportion of private schools and the number of students [attend] (3. attending) them. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (August 1996) show that 29.3 percent of the school population attends privately run [institute] (4. institutions) compared to approximately 10 percent in the UK and USA.
As this strange situation has evolved over the past 150 years it is [relative] (5. relatively) easy to trace the most important causes. Australia was [prime] (6. primarily) settled by the English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh who all followed different churches of Christianity. They argued as to which was to be taught in schools which led to the [adopt] (7. adoption) of government schools with no religious affiliations. This action led to the removal of funding to church schools which in turn meant that Catholic schools had to find [alternate] (8. alternative) funding and also work harder to attract students. Parents had to pay for their choice of school and this set a [precede] (9. precedent) Now more and more [migrate] (10. immigrants) of diverse cultures and religions come to Australia and decide to set up schools which will protect their children's identities. As Australian society has [diverse] (11. diversified) it has become advantageous for politicians to improve their popularity with powerful groups by supporting these schools financially, improving their quality and appeal to [prospect] (12. prospective) students.
Unfortunately this seems to have created a vicious circle as public schools are now receiving less from the [govern] (13. government) so have trouble providing an adequate service. This then makes the private, fee-paying schools more popular with parents, which allows politicians to [just] (14. justify) giving more financial support to them. The future of good quality public education therefore seems in doubt.