Over recent years, more and more residents have attended university and argument have persisted as to whether students should pay for this privilege or not. While there is convincing debate on both sides, I strongly believe that this tuition fee should be free.
One argument put forward charging students is that education is becoming more costly as universities in major cities grow in size. Therefor, making students pay may maintain the standard as well as ensure quality of teaching of lecturers and teaching staff. Secondly, it is argued that most students should benefit significantly from universities in terms of higher paid jobs and lucrative income after graduating. Thus, it is quite fair for students to pay some of the cost, especially for the majority of students from the middle classes. Last but not least, in many countries, there is a shortage of people to do manual jobs such as plumbing or carpentry; hence, making universities more expensive may encourage disadvantaged people to take up these jobs, and in the long run there will be a productive workforce with hands-on skills.
However, there are a number of controversies in favour of making universities free for all. The first prominent justification is that, more citizens will be encouraged to become university students, which benefits the society greatly. This can be easily understood due to the facts that knowledge will lead to a more productive and educated workforce. For instant, research has shown that the country with better education via universities can achieve higher levels of innovation and productivity. Furthermore, there is the issue of equality of opportunity for everyone. If the students are required to pay, those with low income may be dissuaded from attending in view of the facts they will not be able to secure financial support from their family and more importantly they will be concerned about the debts incurred in the future.
In conclusion, while reasons can be given to justify that students should pay the school fee, I am of the opinion that all university education should remain equally available to all individuals regardless of their financial status.
Over recent years, more and more residents have attended
university
and argument have persisted
as to whether
students
should
pay
for this privilege or not. While there is convincing debate on both sides, I
strongly
believe that this tuition fee should be free.
One argument put forward charging
students
is that education is becoming more costly as
universities
in major cities grow in size. Therefor, making
students
pay
may maintain the standard
as well
as ensure quality of teaching of lecturers and teaching staff.
Secondly
, it
is argued
that most
students
should benefit
significantly
from
universities
in terms of higher paid jobs and lucrative income after graduating.
Thus
, it is quite
fair
for
students
to
pay
some of the
cost,
especially
for the majority of
students
from the middle classes. Last
but
not least, in
many
countries, there is a shortage of
people
to do manual jobs such as plumbing or carpentry;
hence
, making
universities
more expensive may encourage disadvantaged
people
to take up these jobs, and in the long run there will be a productive workforce with hands-on
skills
.
However
, there are a number of controversies in
favour
of making
universities
free for all. The
first
prominent justification is that, more citizens will
be encouraged
to become
university
students
, which benefits the society
greatly
. This can be
easily
understood due to the facts that knowledge will lead to a more productive and educated workforce. For instant, research has shown that the country with better education via
universities
can achieve higher levels of innovation and productivity.
Furthermore
, there is the issue of equality of opportunity for everyone. If the
students
are required
to
pay
, those with low income may
be dissuaded
from attending in view of the facts they will not be able to secure financial support from their family and more
importantly
they will
be concerned
about the debts incurred in the future.
In conclusion
, while reasons can be
given
to justify that
students
should
pay
the school fee, I am of the opinion that all
university
education should remain
equally
available to all individuals regardless of their financial status.