free education
No-cost learning opportunity
Free education refers to schooling or instruction provided without tuition costs to students, typically funded by government through taxation.
The term most often applies to public primary and secondary schools, though debates about free education frequently center on higher education and whether universities should charge tuition.
She's a strong advocate for free education through college.
What counts as "free" varies—students may still face costs for books, supplies, or fees even when tuition is waived.
- collegeHigher education institution
- universityHigher education institution
- schoolPlace of instruction
- public schoolFree government-run education
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
no cost · pre-kindergarten · empowerment · literacy · academic · Pell Grant · equal access · teacher training · opportunity · knowledge · lecture · library · classroom · community · open enrollment · open · learning · lifelong learning
- education rightsequal access, student rights, appeal rights, nondiscrimination, anti-discrimination
- Nordic Policywelfare state, social democracy, universal healthcare, parental leave, gender equality
- redistributionredistribution, wealth transfer, progressive tax, wealth tax, estate tax
- Sri Lankan Educationgovernment schools, private schools, international schools, Trinity College, scholarship exam
- ScandinaviaNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland
- education historypublic schooling, school reform, one-room school, medieval universities, elementary school
free educationtuition fees
Charges for instruction
private tuition · student loans · for-profit education · student debt
free educationelite education
Highly selective academic training
prep school · boarding school · Ivy League · private schooling · private school
free, freedom, education, freed, freeing, educate, educated, educator, educational