I agree and that's why I cited total education expenditure. Not how much a student pays. So the total cost of education in France is 5.9% of GDP. Yes, of cours

I agree and that's why I cited total education expenditure. Not how much a student pays. So the total cost of education in France is 5.9% of GDP. Yes, of course it should be at least roughly balanced against that utility. But that's an entirely different debate, than one about equality of opportunity in education by cost paid by the student.