Australian Education system

Was catching up with a friend yesterday from Perth. Was good to see him after so long. He has got 2 beautiful mixed blood kids. We touched on the educations systems in Singapore and Australia and somehow I felt that our children here are missing out on something. Government schools in Australia are free (no need to even pay back) but private schools are not (est 15 000 a year). His only lament is that government school kids are more prone to drugs and sexual abuse and this problem is very real to him.

However there was something similar in the 2 systems: Good schools are found in good suburbs and if you are not staying near the good suburbs I don’t think you are allowed to go to those schools. There is a radius of control.