Is it true that Spain pays for their citizen's education from K through PHD?

It's true, up to a point.





From K to high school it's free. 100%.





In the Public University, an ordinary student has to pay around 600鈧?per year, not that much, really ;-) In a private Spanish University, the average price per year is 6.300鈧?





Public universities, in general (I insist: in general!), have a higher prestige than private universities. (One reason is that you need to take an entry test. People who fail can go to the private universities.)





In addition, public universities offer lots of grants. If you / your parents have a low income, then it's free.





Plus, if you get ';matr铆cula de honor'; ( an academic distinction) in the year before the university, the first uni year is 100% free





And for each distinction you get in the different subjects, you don't have to pay the for one subject the next year.Is it true that Spain pays for their citizen's education from K through PHD?
It is also true that Spain has unemployment double ours and higher inflation.





Get it through your head: Just because the government provides something does not by any means make it free, and definitely does not make it any cheaper.





There are very serious economic consequences to the government taking money out of the hands of private citizens and deciding it knows how to spend it better.Is it true that Spain pays for their citizen's education from K through PHD?
I wouldn't be surprised. Lots of countries do that.
Unlikely.
Yes. Many, many other countries do that as well.
Yes, it is free. I think they provide it through age 16. Literacy rate in Spain: 97%
Probably. But do you really want that? I mean if I didn't have 100,000 dollars in student loan debt, who would they send all the consolidation ads to? Could you look Sallie Mae in the eye and tell them they can't prey on the ignorant and idealistic anymore?
From this link on wikipedia, it seems the answer in no.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_i鈥?/a>





Also, the answer that a lot of countries do that is not true. Many countries offer the best and brightest a free education (including the U.S.A.), but there is not country that I am aware of that does it regardless of academic ability.
University state education is free in Spain. From Kindergarten right up to like you said PHD.
For tuition, pretty much.
Here in Canada education is also very cheap, most of it is covered by the government.