Education is a fundamental right. In many cases, we
tend to believe that education is only reserved for a chosen few, the elite. Many
demands have been raised in order to show the importance of allowing everyone
in the best school while there is the other idea that education should be permitted
only for those who actually have interest and potential that can only be
acquired in private and prestigious schools. I stand for allowing everyone to
have the best education possible by applying the principle of equity. This
means to remain tuition in every school, but also to improve their scholarships
programs. And, because somehow schools needs to get money, because it can
improve the motivation of a student, and because by remaining tuitions we're
not denying good education for everyone, I stand for tuition with equity.
Every school gets a certain amount of money at
the beginning of the semester in order to pay their bills, improve infrastructure,
and apply their programs. Sometimes, it is not enough money for all of that, or
it is also necessary to reach some amount to create a new program or building.
Tuitions are another way to improve the school by giving money for a better
quality and also, it gives an opportunity to open more applications for a scholarship
to those persons that don't have as much as another student.
Higher education demands a lot: demands time,
demands hard work, and demands compromise. It is not easy to reach this level
if you're not a good student. And, of course, sometimes our environment it's
completely opposite of what a good student needs, but if we stand for spoil the
students in every demand, we're also ignoring the fundamental goal of every
educative institution: teach values. Of course it is hard to reach high
studies, and of course there are many students that need extra help because of
his economic, or social status; still, we must encourage students to learn good
values of work and life. Tuitions can be something to encourage students to be
better than what they think they are.
There are people that believes tuitions as a way to
deny education. They think it is an economical measure to select those who have
money from those who don't. Even though it is a consequence of our capitalist
system, tuitions are just another licit option for receive money from the
students in order to improve for them. The nature of a tuition itself goes with
the demands of the students. If there is someone so talented with low resources,
it would be a shame to waste its potential. If there is someone who demands his
right for education, the State must guarantee it's right, but the student must
also show how committed is with its learning. We shall also remind that
scholarships can only be offered if certain amount of money is reached by the
University.
As a conclusion, tuitions are a necessary way for
schools to improve in many ways, and are also motivation for students. We must
not believe that tuitions can discourage someone for applying to a good institution,
but seeing them as an option for giving those who don't have many resources an
opportunity to follow their dreams.
