It wouldn't surprise me to hear that there's a cultural issue of putting excessive pressure on parents to overspend on their kids' educations. We certainly have similar issues here.
I don't think the right answer is to have the government take away their options, though.
I think it is becoming that way in the USA, too. We have public schools, but all the after school activities are really draining parents bank accounts.
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One major problem I have noticed is that both parents now have to work to make ends meet, so they don't have time for the education of their children anymore...
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I myself own a small private school in a village. So, I don't want that government take away the options but it certainly needs some improvements.
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