Schools play a huge role in today’s society and every individual’s future. What school one goes to and what grades they have will influence their options for their College education which, in turn, will effectively influence how the rest of their lives will play out. With that being said, should Romanian schools be privatized?

On the one hand, privatizing schools will give each student a sense of responsibility and accountability for their grades and behavior that they would not have otherwise. A student must pay a certain tuition fee to be able to study there, which will, in turn, make them take school more seriously, as it is their money that they ultimately risk losing. To top it all off, private schools reserve the right to select their students, and so their behavior and grades will reflect upon whether they will be able to go to said school in the first place or not.

On the other hand, privatizing schools goes against each person’s human rights. Making each student pay for their education will make it inaccessible to those coming for poorer households, effectively breaching their right to education. In addition to this, privatizing schools also goes against a person’s right to equality and non-discrimination, since private schools favorize people with a high income, those being the ones able to pay for the better schools which will, inevitably, have higher fees than the rest.

In conclusion, while private schools do, in theory, help the students going to them become responsible and aware of their own actions, one must also take into consideration the implications that privatizing all schools in Romania has.