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Hi Denis
thanks for feedback
There are here 3 categories of students: Nationals, Residents and temporary : depending of local regulations where they act; these words had different meaning and thus subject to different regulations; some regulations won’t consider you as residents even you had born there believe me and provide such name to people which had one parent from these location. so you may living there for long period; owning house, paying taxes and not be considered as permanent resident. and your residence is based on local permit to stay and decision to extend it or no.
So unless the school establish a common understanding to such definition to respond to its welfare purpose as you suggested, in some location; foreign will remain temporary. I point out this item just to highlight this fact
with that said; IMHO; I don’t see such service as Welfare benefit. Welfare benefit as I understand it at least is kind of help ; supports that states provide to one category of its citizens which is feeble; financially speaking , such as social housing; food stamps ; access to healthcare service’…etc. while such education institutions may be as you said fully or partially state owned, but usually had many advantage from tax policies (exemption’etc)
They aren’t dedicated to feeble populations: in many locations worldwide , such school is used by wealthy citizens and tuitions requested couldn’t be paid by local poor or normal families.
Kind of schools has as aim usually while operating overseas, has as goal to spread their views of education, and such services is usually available or possible to attend by people with certain income and social level .
I would see as welfare benefit institution ; bodies which go overseas in poor location to help population in alphabetization and increase instruction and this kind is out of this topic.
Relating to point that such institution had been funded by taxpayers and non residents don’t contributed to that: well; I will repeat my argue relating to tax purpose foreign based on not double taxation policies between two location: home land and host one. and also , if you argue with that; that mean that foreign have to do the same for all services in this location and not just in this case ; additional; foreign without children don’t contribute on that, and non-residents don’t do so as well as many residents national…
I’m agree that kind of purpose has social elements, but I will not consider it as welfare benefit,instead as others common services with the same criteria as private healthcare service ( hospitals) , private House of retirement 'etc. you cannot say they don’t provide a social benefits if we look their proposals o services
To give an overview of common practices in random kind of bodies overseas: some double tuitions for foreign, but others do different, and charge the local or provide as instance their expatriates a subvention and others ( resident and others foreign) are charged so here we are away from the taxpayer considerations and contribution to such institution
this is really tricky question and launch many questions 8O
thank you in advance for feedback
sel