The cost of higher education within Australia is a contentious issue for all concerned. Proposed changes by the current government are looking at bringing tertiary education closer to a ‘user-pays’ situation. This is designed to make the system of higher education more viable and sustainable. It is an idea that has a solid base and is attractive to many people. However, by shifting the cost of education away from the … Read the rest
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It has been a popular saying in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean that “ freeness nuh good” (that is anything that is free is not good). However, this phrase should not be associated with all areas of life, especially as it relates to Secondary Education. It is an asset for a society to embark on granting free education. Granting free education up to the secondary level will affect the social … Read the rest
“If you treat an individual as he is he will stay as he is, but if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become as he ought to be and could be” (Goethe). The heated debate over prison education is much like this. Do we educate our prisoners and treat them as what they ought to be and could be, … Read the rest