Public funding
In some countries, Catholic schools are funded. These are institutions, state aid is required. The same is true for public schools, which requires schools to pay for the needs of the schools in whole or in part through taxes on the public. Australian Catholic schools fall into this category, where the Australian government funds Catholic schools as well as public schools. Non-authorized Catholic schools in Scotland are another example where institutions are fully funded by the Scottish Government.
Private schools
Private schools, also known as independent schools, are not run by local, state or national governments. Instead, they can choose their pupils and are funded in part by tuition fees used from pupils. Students may also receive scholarships to enroll in a private school depending on the student’s ability.
Voluntary aided schools
Voluntary aided schools are a type of ‘maintained school’, which means that they receive most of their running costs from central government through local authorities and are not charged by the government to students. In other types of maintained schools, only 90% of the capital costs of a voluntary aided school are provided, there is a difference. The foundation contributes the remainder of the capital costs, owns the land and buildings of the school and appoints the majority of the headteachers. The principal runs the school, hires staff and makes decisions according to rules set by the central government. Pupils follow curriculum guidance, except for religious schools, which may teach religious education according to their own faith. In maintained schools in public schools in England, approximately 22% of elementary school and 17% of secondary schools receive school-level provision, including all Roman Catholic schools and non-Christian denominations.
International benefits
Preference for the poor
Catholic schools have experienced the changes announced by the Second Vatican Council regarding Catholic social teaching favoring the poor: ” Above all, the Church offers her educational services to the poor, or those without help and affection, or those far from the faith…. ” These changes have led to examples in Brazil, Peru and Chile, where contributions lead to a “new way of life in school”, include the poor and the poor in the system.
High attendance and achievement
Empirical evidence from the United States and Australia shows that attendance and achievement are higher in Catholic schools in contrast to their public counterparts. Evans and Schwab (1998) in their experiment visit that attendance at Catholic schools in schools is 13% more likely to graduate from high school or enroll in college. Similarly, an experiment conducted by Williams and Carpenter (1990) from preliminary comparative examinations in private public schools, private students outperform public school students on all educational, social, and economic proxies.
Development of girls in society
Catholic schooling has significantly influenced the changing role of women in countries such as Malta and Japan. Catholic education for girls in Malta, for example, attests to: “… evidence of a remarkable commitment to the full development of girls in a global society”. Japan has also contributed greatly to a “personal and educational patriarchal society”.