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After 50 years, education vouchers are beginning to catch on.



BY MILTON FRIEDMAN


 



 


            The article was about the ideologies and principles of the writer regarding the role of the government in education. With this article, the author is insisting that in order for the government to fulfill their roles of financial aspects, the government should implement voucher programs to assist public students and their parents in their educational financial needs. Given the purpose and objectives of this voucher program, I totally agree with the author about having this program implemented in public school in the United States.


            There are various reasons why I agreed with this article. First, I believed that everyone has the right to be given education and even the poor one have the right to for educational services. Accordingly, education and student development is considered as corollaries to social reproduction which rooted from different theories which include human capital theories and of course postmodernism aspect. In this theory, it is perceived that economic development can be achieved by investing and giving importance with human capital and enhancing their skills by providing proper and efficient education (Becker, 1993). However, this may not be achieved if the government will not give the students the opportunity to be educated, specifically those who poor students.


            In economic perspectives, the government must provide or supply the demands of the people (McConnell & Brue, 2006) for education by initiating programs that would assist those who cannot afford to go to private schools. Although the government has provided public schools for the students, the growth of poverty still needs a new program that would provide further assistance to people.


In much way, the world has become more decisive and critical and misunderstanding of a clear cut model means that people are striving or building towards one. In this regard, educational system, specifically that of the United States, should be equipped with the ability to provide what is needed or demanded to enhance economic status and educational status of poor people.. Perhaps it can be said that the term financial assistance is considered to be more symbolic and in order to be fully developed, the role of education is very important since it can create new opportunities for people to learn and to engage in more productive activities than confined themselves in a position where they are being left behind by others. This goes also with the current situation of nations which have no effective educational system.


 


Reference


Becker, GS (1993). Human Capital: a theoretical and empirical analysis. with special reference to education. 3rd edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.


 


McConnell, CR and Brue, SL (2006). Economics: Principles, Problems, And Policies. McGraw-Hill.



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