Public school

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The term public school has different meanings:

  • In Scotland, Australia, the United States and most other English-speaking nations, a school which does not charge tuition fees but is financed and/or controlled by the state, in contrast to a private school (also known as an independent school); here the word "public" is used much as in "public library", i.e. to mean "provided to the public at public expense". In Australia and Scotland they are also known as state schools, the name by which they go in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
  • In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, many independent schools used to describe themselves as public schools. Until 1902 there were no publicly-supported secondary schools in England. Public schools were schools supported by an endowment, with a governing body, available to all members of the public, provided that they could pay for tuition costs. Private schools were run for private profit.[1] In recent years all schools formally called public schools now refer to themselves as independent schools, but the national press and many other still use the term public school when referring to independent schools, in particular the older, more prestigious fee-paying schools such as those mentioned in the Public Schools Act 1868: Charterhouse, Eton, Harrow, Rugby, Shrewsbury, Westminster, Winchester, Merchant Taylors' and St. Paul's.
  • In India, due to the British influence between 1700–1947, the term "public schools" implies non-governmental historically elite educational institutions.
  • In the United States, institutions of higher education that are subsidized by the states are also referred to as "public", though unlike public secondary schools, a tuition fee is charged. Due to state funding, however, this fee is typically much less than at private institutions, particularly for residents of the state in which the school is found.
  • In some countries like Brazil and Mexico, the adjective "public" is used to denote education institutions owned by the federal, state, or city governments. They never charge tuition. Public schools exist in all levels of education, from the very beginning until post-graduation studies.
  • In Ontario, Canada, the term Public School refers specifically to provincially run elementary schools that are not part of the provincially funded Catholic separate school system.

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