Education in Altruras

In Altruras, education forms one of the binding principles of the state, as it is critical to sustain a modern economy. Altruras' education system draws from the belief that education is a right for all individuals regardless of status within the state, and is largely based on Finland's education system which has been proven to be successful worldwide. Altruras in the modern age of ESPLAR seeks to improve upon its own education system based on its diversity and ease of access to widely-available tools of learning. And as Altruras' education system begins to deviate away from a model similar to Finland's to a uniquely distinct model, Altruras hopes that rapidly changing methods of learning can sustain how its children learn over the coming decades.

Altruras Reorganization Initiative - 2009-2018
In the 2008 World Education Rankings, Altruras was knocked out of the top spot by Finland (although Finland themselves were knocked out of the top in 2009 by South Korea). In response, in 2009, Altruras began to reorganize their education system. Students no longer have to take more than 2 mandatory tests per class (only a midterm and final) and teachers are now free to educate students in more than one language (besides English). Altruras began to implement free lunch by pouring almost a billion dollars towards free lunch programs in more than 200 school districts across the state, sponsored by local farm industries. It was made permanent in 2014. The University of Altruras began dramatically lowering tuition rates to no more than $2,000 per student, per semester in 2012, then down to only $500 in 2015 as Altruras diverted money from the military into education initiatives. A select number of UA campuses, including Rockport, South Estlenhar, Ilon-Alto Laronia and Aysmere-North Tyleiden became tuition free in 2019 as the UA system began to reorganize.

ESPLAR and the Altruras Education System
Because of Altruras' flexibility in its education system, it is possible for pupils to skip several years if they demonstrate sufficiency in required skills needed to advance to certain years in primary or secondary stage. Several ESPLAR drivers have been known to exploit this advantage: in 2016, then 14-year old Kailan Tuornin completed secondary stage of education and proceeded to attend University of Altruras - Roswell Park. In 3 years (even in 2019 where he competed in tier 4 and later part time in ESPLAR Elite Series), Kailan completed GE and graduated at the end of 2019 with a master's in mechanical engineering. In 2017, Kailu Wieczorek became only the third person in Altruras to graduate secondary school at the age of 12 thanks to this rule as well.