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''"παρεχε πένεντι ἄρτον και πένης ἐσθίει ἡμέρας. παρεχε πένεντι δῠνᾰμιν και πένης ἐσθίει αἰῶνος." - Give the poor a bread and he will eat for a day. Give him ability and he will eat for ages. - Papal Doctrine''
The Papal State boasts a great educational system that focuses on careers in a manner very similar to the Singaporean system. Given the sheer rigor of the educational system, it is difficult for all but the brightest or diligent students to achieve high marks. The Papal education usually involves work training as well, and teens are often assigned to specific workplaces to study in a fashion similar to interns
Given the relatively liberal political atmosphere of the academia in the Papal State, alongside the love of science and empiricism, the education in the Papal State is considered one of the greatest enemies of the Austrian School: The Big 6 themselves have considered Austrian School voodoo religion wearing the skin of economics, and have often decried it as economic theology of the bad kind. In fact, praxeology is taught in secondary level simply as a mean to deride the Austrians. However, the Papal State hasn't taken outright hostile steps against the Chicago School, given that they actually incorporate numbers into their arguments and study. Given Ecclesiarchal love of computers, there exists an educational game in which the player defaces statues of prominent libertarian leaders, such as Hayek, Rothbard, and Rand by answering correctly questions about economic facts.
Papal State is particularly generous in grants and other material supports particularly in the vocational field: Kallisto has always been active in supporting skill developments, and have encouraged gardening and nectar making. Given so, Kallisto had first invested in Yuri, later on investing on Kyriake after seeing initiatives made from each recipients.
===Phrontisterion of Heptanomis===
Perhaps the rising star of skill-oriented education, Phrontisterion of Heptanomis is starting to grab the attention of SimNationian public. It is the central tertiary educational institution of the Papal State, and a state-owned one as well. The Ecclesiarchal belief in maximizing human capital to maximize progress is reflected in its admission and tuition policies: Ecclesiarchy rarely turns down an applicant: after all, there's plenty of empty rooms to be taken, and tuition is a nominal fee.
Since the Ecclesiarchy is the leader in robotics and bioengineering, especially cybernetics, the Phrontisterion is not surprisingly noted for its science and technology sectors. However, other fields like art are equally enlightening experience, and the forward-looking enterprises which hired Phrotisterion-trained sims have reaped great rewards.
While admission is quite simple, the educational schedule is rigorous to say the least: after all, the huge gains in skills could not have come from slacking around. With the Big 6 often leading classes themselves, students are often kept at their toes just to keep up and to meet the minimal skill thresholds. This has resulted in the emaciation of regular "jock" parties associated with colleges, and it is study parties that are the vogue way of socializing in the Phrontisterion. Given that even parties have been engineered to fit the rigorous schedules, knowledge-seekers predominate the student population of the Phrontisterion, resulting in the predominance of Nerds. Rebels find limited but significant appeal in the Phrontisterion: after all, the Big 6 created the Papal State to challenge the status quo. The Phrontisterion supports one sorority and one fraternity, named Gynai Aristai Cheirotechnai and Huioi Epistemes Kalliphengai respectively, shortened to ΓΑΧ (gamma-alpha-chi) and ΥΕΚ (upsilon-epsilon-kappa).
==Special Thanks==
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