Free education Critical reading of the content of the concept

Abstract

Among the paradoxes in the era of globalization, post-modernism, or savage capitalism is that we talk about freebies in some institutions or sectors. Tunisian education is among its free slogans or principles, and it is an ambiguous concept, as we see. Expenses on the school start from the time the student enters the school until he leaves it upon graduation. These expenses include expensive school supplies, fees, transportation fees, private lessons that burden the family, daily expenses, school uniforms, and publications... Waiting for positive results, social mobility, prospects, and hopes for the pioneers, especially for weak or medium families. There are sacrifices and pressures experienced by the Tunisian family for a better future for the children. However, reality has proven that the concept of free education has become subject to revision and questioning. The conceptual fallacy reflected negatively on many families and caused school dropouts, a decline in cognitive and value returns, high rates of violence, and parents complaining about the school, its cost, and the future of its outputs. Just as economic capital has always remained the symbolic capital that empowered its owners to reproduce themselves and their social status, it also resulted in the reproduction of school and social inequality