U.K. group set to challenge Scots’ selective free tuition
9/16/2011 at 3:20pm
Summary
A British legal group is planning to dispute students in Scotland and others in the European Union “eligible for free tuition” at Scottish universities. This would clearly be unequal since students that reside in England, Wales or Northern Ireland have to pay full tuition. This would not be by a small portion either, tuition from 2012, could be up to £9,000, or $14,550. Lawyers plan to argue that this violates the European Convention on Human Rights and the U.K. Equality Act, which forbids discrimination that denies access to education. Claim-makers claim that it does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, solely on residence. They said that in an ideal world, no students would pay fees. Opponents are ready to challenge this new plan.
Analysis
I am in between on this issue, since I would be totally for being able to receive a free education. However, the problem of inequalities in education arises throughout this issue. Since UK is a unitary state consisting of the countries: Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales then an unequal advantage would arise for Scotland. To me, it’s similar to America only providing free education in NC. They would cause a disadvantage for other states, because with more people being able to utilize education free of charge, new knowledge would arise. As cliché as it sounds, “Knowledge is power.” Again, the progress of the world relies on eliminating educational equalities and this would put us even more behind on the fight against educational injustice. It would not only make them more divided as a country, but it would have a global impact. Some would argue that many other countries have free access to education, but the fact is that we need to all get on the same playing field to eliminate many of the world’s social issues.
9/16/2011 at 3:20pm
Summary
A British legal group is planning to dispute students in Scotland and others in the European Union “eligible for free tuition” at Scottish universities. This would clearly be unequal since students that reside in England, Wales or Northern Ireland have to pay full tuition. This would not be by a small portion either, tuition from 2012, could be up to £9,000, or $14,550. Lawyers plan to argue that this violates the European Convention on Human Rights and the U.K. Equality Act, which forbids discrimination that denies access to education. Claim-makers claim that it does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, solely on residence. They said that in an ideal world, no students would pay fees. Opponents are ready to challenge this new plan.
Analysis
I am in between on this issue, since I would be totally for being able to receive a free education. However, the problem of inequalities in education arises throughout this issue. Since UK is a unitary state consisting of the countries: Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales then an unequal advantage would arise for Scotland. To me, it’s similar to America only providing free education in NC. They would cause a disadvantage for other states, because with more people being able to utilize education free of charge, new knowledge would arise. As cliché as it sounds, “Knowledge is power.” Again, the progress of the world relies on eliminating educational equalities and this would put us even more behind on the fight against educational injustice. It would not only make them more divided as a country, but it would have a global impact. Some would argue that many other countries have free access to education, but the fact is that we need to all get on the same playing field to eliminate many of the world’s social issues.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/world/europe/05ihteducBriefs05.html?ref=internationaleducation
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