An Overview Of Problems With Public Education Systems

By Dora Reed


One of the most crucial investments one can make is education. This high level importance comes with high costs too. Learning is very costly and therefore not all can afford it. Without any form of help majority of people would not have the ability to read and write at all. Mostly the poor and middle class population is affected by these high costs.Below are main Problems With Public Education.

Necessity being the mother of all inventions, this need gave birth to the ideology of public school learning. These are institutions where learning is offered at no cost. The costs are transferred to the state or nation as the case may dictate. This form of free learning is mandated by the law for certain age categories. This system suffers a number of key problems.

First and foremost is the issue of discipline. This is the major un-doing of majority of public schools. With rampant cases of in disciplinary cases each day it is hard to have a good learning environment. This problem is worsened by the limitation of authority of the teachers in school. These students no longer have respect for their teachers which makes teaching almost impossible.

The presence of the organization of union of teachers poses another major problem. This union does very little if at all the asses the competence of the teachers in these schools. This negligence causes teachers to careless about the learning of pupils in these schools. Due to these unions, public schools have very incompetent and lazy teachers to say the least. This discourages even the determined and caring teachers.

These schools also have a problem of partaking a lot more than they can effectively accomplish. A lot of subjects and exercises are included in the programs. This makes it a bit hard for the students to focus on the important things in class. And it also leaves very little time for classroom learning. Eventually students are informed at so much but can hardly read or write. This indicates a system overload.

Too much emphasis is put on age in the public school education system. Very little or no effort at all is made to know about their skills and abilities. Children are put into classes on age basis and yet skill and ability is the distinguishing factor for the various classrooms. This makes the work of teachers very hard altogether. Hence it hinders and stalls the learning process.

Lack of adequate competition amongst students in these schools is another problem. This is caused by the teachers who not only tolerate but also encourage mediocre performance. This denies the slow students the motivation to work harder. It also makes the brilliant students to not work for the best. This lack of competition and desire for better is a major setback in these public schools. Competition is a healthy aspect of learning and growing environment.

Last but not least is the total disregard for rules and regulations in these learning institutions. Learners do as they wish in the school environment. Talking in classes, random movements without permission and missing of sessions are some of the vices. In conclusion these are some of the key setbacks in public schools.




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