Response to Aakash-Should the number of schooling years be decreased?

     Aakash belives if two schools recieve the same amount of funds, the school with less grade levels will do better because they don't need to buy books for other grade levels.Therefore, they would have more money spent on books and other resources. Then, he went off and said that the public schools in Nepal are poor beause the government gives too little funds to the school. There's a possibility that not all the funds sent to the school are going to be used on books and education purposes. If that's the case, then the school should use more money on resources. If not, then the students will have to study and work harder.
     I agree that schools that spend more funds on resources will do better, but the students have to take responsibility and use those resources to help themselves. If a students wants to spend his/her free time on facebook, that's their decision. Thus, you also need to look at how much students want to learn.
     When you decrease the amount of school years, you're increasing the amount of material that needs to be learned in one school year. You'll still need the same materials to teach geometry; it just means you're supposed to learn the material quicker. Therefore, less school years may not help.
     Furthermore, when students here in America graduate from high school, they should be 18, 19, or 20. This means they're mature when they graduate, so they can find jobs right immediately. If students graduate while they're 15 or 16, some may still need more time top mature while others are ready. Having grade levels all the way to 12 ensures that all graduates are mature.
     Finally, the private schools in Nepal may have dedicated students who work hard. There is a big difference between a student who works hard and a student who doesn't care; the caring student will show that he cares through grades, tests, and studying. The non-dedicated kids might have been kciked out and wasn't accepted to other private schools, so they have to go to a public school. Therefore, the students who do badly go to public schools and the dedicated ones go to private schools. Even if this isn't the case, I'm sure that money doesn't necessarily improve the quality of education.