In this article, is about two teenagers named Two teenagers have begun a case in the high court against the government's decision to let universities almost treble tuition fees for the upcoming year. Both teens argued that the overall decision to to raise fees to up to $9,000 a year from next fall semester. The two students and their lawyer argue that this unfair increase in tuition is a violation and is in the breach of the right to education protected in the Humans Rights Act of 1988. In this act although it doesn't offer free education guarantees, but it does place curbs on steps that limit access to higher education. These statements are going to be the main focus in the upcoming court case. The decision to treble fees was a "major policy change affecting the life chances of a generation of students and billions of pounds of public expenditure", the documents outlining the claimants argument say.
This case will be one of many that test the Humans Rights Act and in my opinion this case has a great chance of winning due to the substantial amount of evidence and facts that would prove that these tuition fees will affect more than just a couple of thousand students. This is a social problem that will slowly but surely end up affecting our nation as a whole. I personally commend these two students for having the courage to stand up and fight for the rights it takes a lot of courage to do that especially when you have to take the issue to the courts. I am totally for this!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/nov/01/teenagers-court-challenge-tuition-fee-rise
Torei,
ReplyDeleteI really liked this article you presented. Tuition is going to rise at UNC and UNCG's campus' next semester. Many students are not going to be able to afford these dramatic changes, and cannot take out loans. I am hoping these two teenagers win their case because it would help start the trend at a small level. This small change to combat tuition rising, will help many other campus'.
It is very unfair that they keep trying to increase the tuition amount when students are already having to apply for financial aid and take out loans just to be able to go to school in the first place. If the government and education system still wants us to go to college and get degrees so we can have good jobs then they need to lower the tuition not increase it!
ReplyDeleteI agree that it is a social problem that tuition prices are being hiked all over the country. It doesn't make sense for schools to be sucking more money from their students and families. We are all entitled to an education, already are we faced with millions of students who are loaded with student loans or are in debt when they graduate. UNCG even has plans to raise tuition after all of this campus expansion.
ReplyDeleteTuition increases are terrible. It feels it's unfair to raise tuition prices so steeply, and yet it be mandatory by society to have a degree to succeed.
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