A positive freedom is a freedom that the government can force people to have.
A negative freedom is a freedom "from".
It is an old debate. See the writings of Isaiah Berlin.
Positive formation, without ideologies, destined to develop the intellectual, moral and affective capacity of people according to the culture and norms of coexistence of the society to which they belong.
I think you can define education as positive freedom. There are some studies confirming significant qualitative shift when education at certain level was proclaimed compulsory.
To force is to use violence. Violence is the exercise of force so as to inflict injury on, or cause damage to, persons or property. To use violence against a person is to violate the person's freedom. Compulsory education is a coercion; coercion is a forcible restraint; forcibly restraining a person is a violation of the person's freedom.
Similarly, would it be reasonable to think of health as a positive freedom? Could we force people to be healthy?
I think it is absolutely right to define education as a positive freedom. Education is a merit good as such it is a core fabric of development. The government has an interest in the education and health of citizens because they have an impact on development.
Positive formation, without ideologies, destined to develop the intellectual, moral and affective capacity of people according to the culture and norms of coexistence of the society to which they belong.
Positive freedom is the capacity of being or the capacity of doing what people want to be or to do in their life. See Amartya Sen concept of positive freedom in his book "Development as Freedom" . Development in this meaning is the ability to expand the chance of life.
Freedom is the liberation from being in bondage (to 'things' positive, negative, neutral).
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