Free Tuition?
Tuition is major concern among current students in BC. As tuition prices steadily rise across Canada, students are looking at higher levels of debt. This burden of debt discourages potential students from seeking a higher level of education. High tuition costs also dissuade people with low incomes to enroll in post-secondary education. Free tuition is good because it allows people from all financial backgrounds and abilities to access further education and develop skills which help to close the gap between the have and the have-nots; it frees the student of debt which hinders past students from reaching future milestones in life. Tuition prices have been rising steadily including a 2.0% increase in BC over the last academic year. Furthermore, nationally, additional costs such us compulsory fees for undergraduates are “ on average, $921 in 2018/2019, up 4.2% from the previous year ”. This growth in tuition fees has been consistent for the last nine years, and for many familie...