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In this society, costs for educating children are getting more and more expensive. Parents should spend huge amount of money for it, and it has become one of the main social issues. Regarding this, different opinions are divided over the government should financially support for child education. Although some people say that there are some disadvantages, I strongly believe that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
First and foremost, all children have to obtain equal right for education. If the poorer children could have fewer education opportunities than the others because their parents were not able to bear all costs for their education, it means another inequality for innocent children. Most of opportunities for high-income jobs are open to the people who are well-educated, so it can make another wealth polarization in next generation.
On the other hand, some may argue that the educational environment would be hardly improved, if the government covers expenses for child education. It is objectively reasonable because expensive educational cost encourages the educational institutions to compete each other, so that the educational environment can be improved through this competition. However, it can be resolved through the governments’ effective regulations or programmes to motivate the institutions to improve themselves. For instance, governments in Germany and Netherland have been paying entire costs for educating their children. Significantly, the educational institutions in these two countries are well known as their world-class educational environments. Overall, I firmly believe that one of the key roles of government should be to minimize the gap between the rich and the poor. In this context, governmental financial aid for educating children is a must to make a better world. Even though some worries it may interrupt virtuous competition among the educational institution, effective regulations and governmental programmes can resolve this problem, even more motivate them to make better educational condition. |