There are many countries that now offer free high schools. This program by the government is aimed at giving access to education amongst minority citizens. There is also a strong demand for public and state-run colleges to provide free education – the government still finds this very inappropriate at this time. Education remains to be a pressing concern to many students. Aside from the commercialization in education the colleges continue to be a threat to many poor but deserving students. Although many students have also enjoyed scholarship programs of the government but there are also many students who have problems in their academic status that do not qualify with the government’s scholarship programs.
In Spain, the government has only provided free education to high school students. The colleges are still a burden to many parents who have no enough means to educate their children. The Ministry of Education in Spain which is currently headed by Mercedes Cabrera has recorded that there are close to Six Million students enrolled in various schools in the country. There are 2.4 million enrolled in primary, 1.8 million in secondary and 1.5 million are also enrolled in post-secondary. The record also showed that the literacy rate in Spain is much higher as there are about 98 percent of women who are literate as well as 97 percent from the men.
In the Philippines, the government also offered free high school in all government-run institutions all over the country. The free high school was enjoyed by students a decade ago when the late Senator Raul Roco authored a bill giving free education to secondary schools. Despite of this free education many high graduates have still difficulties of proceeding to college because of financial concerns. This means the Roco bill also fully implemented was not 100 percent successful in its primary purpose of liberating the poor Filipinos from the bondage of poverty and ignorance. Many parents still find it difficult to send their children to college.
The most vibrant education campaign based on records provided is the United States of America. The US has provided so much concern to education so that Americans and Americanized citizens are given many chances to education.
Based on the 2004 record, the national US government has allotted a total of 1.14 trillion dollars for the public and private schools . Eighty-five percent of the Americans have attained their diploma courses. Local school boards are created to supervise the implementation of proper education to the people. This made the system of education very workable in the US.