[pandaman]

Most definitely, which would be the same if something like that had been enforced in the US. We'd have some "Driving Schools", which would "guarantee" your license or something like that. Though people would have likely voted the government out first, but looking at the building codes I am not 100% confident.

[kuschku]

Quality depends heavily on how corrupt your government is — in Germany, these strict tests are actually that strict and work well. But obviously not everyone can get a license due to this. (e.g., I opted not to spend the 2000€ that a license would cost).

[pandaman]

Is it the license fee or a "driving school" tuition?

[namibj]

More the latter. There are mandatory hours of training in specific conditions before being allowed to take the actual exam. Driving hours with the instructor aren't cheap.