Many foreign universities have a dual policy in case of their tuition fees as they charge foreign students higher than the local students. International students often need to pay up to 400 percent more than local students when it comes to higher education in countries like Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the UK. This is also the case in many other countries and a government's obligation to its citizens, enforcing national privilege, tax payment by the local people and restricting the numbers of international students are the main reasons, I believe.
To begin with, different tuition fees for local and international students gives an impression that ‘you are not equal’ and when we are fighting for the equal rights in every country, the discrimination in the university tuition fee seems like an unfair one. However, the university authority often states that this is a policy that actually ensures better educational environment and fairness in the university campuses. First reason they mention for the different higher education fees is the government’s obligation to its citizens. A government has a natural obligation to education its citizens while educating foreign students is not a direct obligation it has. This also ensures that a government is enforcing the national privilege to its citizens while using the extra money earned from the international students for the improvement of the university education. Third, citizens of a country pay the tax to the government and thus should get the privilege in educating their next generation. Finally, higher university education costs help to control the international students' flow in a country.
To conclude, providing some opportunities to the local university students is not a bad idea but imposing up to 5x charges to the international students is an unfair policy in my opinion. It's unbelievable how far the university authorities are willing to push international students to get their pay and earn the extra money. In this age of globalisation and equal rights, this is not justified at all.
Many
foreign
universities
have a dual policy in case of their tuition
fees
as they charge foreign
students
higher than the
local
students
.
International
students
often
need to pay up to 400 percent more than
local
students
when it
comes
to higher
education
in
countries
like Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the UK. This is
also
the case in
many
other
countries
and a
government
's
obligation
to its
citizens
, enforcing national privilege, tax payment by the
local
people
and restricting the numbers of
international
students
are the main reasons, I believe.
To
begin
with,
different
tuition
fees
for
local
and
international
students
gives an impression that ‘you are not equal’ and when we are fighting for the equal rights in every
country
, the discrimination in the
university
tuition
fee
seems like an unfair one.
However
, the
university
authority
often
states that this is a policy that actually ensures better educational environment and fairness in the
university
campuses.
First
reason they mention for the
different
higher
education
fees
is the
government’s
obligation
to its
citizens
. A
government
has a natural
obligation
to
education
its
citizens
while educating foreign
students
is not a direct
obligation
it has. This
also
ensures that a
government
is enforcing the national privilege to its
citizens
while using the extra money earned from the
international
students
for the improvement of the
university
education
. Third,
citizens
of a
country
pay the tax to the
government
and
thus
should
get
the privilege in educating their
next
generation.
Finally
, higher
university
education
costs
help
to control the
international
students' flow in a country.
To conclude
, providing
some
opportunities to the
local
university
students
is not a
bad
idea
but
imposing up to 5x charges to the
international
students
is an unfair policy in my opinion. It's unbelievable how far the
university
authorities are willing to push
international
students
to
get
their pay and earn the extra money. In this age of
globalisation
and equal rights, this is not justified at all.