Free Education?

The Scottish Government is eager to help the nation’s student body, or so it would seem. It is true that they are now planning to spend 30 million pounds from next year’s budget on education, but, no matter how benevolent the idea looks, it is not recieving a warm welcome.

The money is to be given to collages, to help those who plan to continue their studies on higher levels, but university students are completely left out of the deal. They would still need to take out loans to pay for their education. Not fair; even collage students agree. Yet, the current system is not fair for them. Solution?

Although some claim this will make education more accessible, those who oppose the proposal say that it is not a solution. Every student could use that money. Picking a relatively small percentage of them is not going to solve any problems.

As in many countries, the greatest roadblock on the way to a degree in Scotland is money. The majority simply does not have enough of it to pay for higher education, a sad fact considering the plethora of highly renowned intellectuals Scots have given the world.

The idea is great. The execution, not so much. It could be better. Support every phase of education. But what if there is not enough to do that? This could be the case here. Then, what shall they do? It is possible that this money would not be enough to help education in general. Is giving to one, and, inadvartently, unintentionally, just for the moment forgetting about the others better? This is for everybody to decide on their own.

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Plea-to-give-24000-students.5187867.jp