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Game Info

Industrial Era science building. Requires University or Wat.

  • +3 Science Science Science
  • +1 Science Science Science for every 2 20xPopulation5 Population Citizens in this City.
  • 1 Scientist Specialist Slot
  • +1 Gold Gold Gold with Sovereignty Social policy
  • +1 20xHappiness5 Happiness Happiness with Academy of Sciences Order tenet

Strategy

The Public School is a very effective Industrial-era building much like the Library. It greatly increases a city's scientific output. Requiring that a city already have constructed a University or Wat, its main effect is to provide additional Science Science Science based on the number of 20xPopulation5 Population Citizens. With the Library, this leads to 2 Science Science Science per person.

It also has a wide variety of small bonuses. First, it provides a Specialist slot (additional +2 Science Science Science and increasing GreatPeople5 Great People Great Scientist potential), as well as a token +3 Science Science Science increase on the building itself. With the Humanism policy, it will also provide 1 20xHappiness5 Happiness Happiness; with the tree complete, its maintenance will be reduced to 2 Gold Gold Gold per turn (down from 3).

Altogether this is a strong building, especially for large, Tradition cities and empires, where the ratio of production and maintenance to the output is highest. With Rationalism, this building becomes even easier to support and take advantage of. Policies combined, it can easily output as much as 20 Science Science Science in one city before percentage boosts. Outside their Capital Capital Capital, Liberty empires may not get as much use out of these buildings until Rationalism completes, but will likely want a few more heading into the later Eras. An existing Public School is required for the later Research Lab.

Civilopedia entry

A public school provides free pre-university education to a civilization's children. This is a fairly advanced concept. First, the civilization must believe that education is important, and that educating the poor is not a threat to the ruling class. Second, the civilization must be wealthy enough so that the children of the poor do not need to work to fend off starvation. And finally, the civilization must be enlightened enough to be willing to expend some of its public revenue providing the education. Most countries in the world today provide some level of public education for their young. The first American public grade schools opened during the Colonial era. The first public high school was opened in Boston in 1821.

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