Please review my issue analysis: "Governments should offer a free university ..."

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Issue: "Governments should offer a free university education to any student who has been admitted to a university but who cannot afford the tuition."

 

 

A country's advancement can be measured by the percentage of educated people and their quality of education. Towards building a prosperous nation, the importance of education can not be stretched enough. So the recommendation on free university education is both tenable and necessary to implement.

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights or ICESCR, is an International body which defines human rights on various fields. They have accepted education as a human right just like the right to have a social life. It is in the interest of the nation, hence of the government that it's population gets high quality education. Cost of education hindering that students progress is undesirable and marks that nations backwardness while all the developed nations trying to make education more accessible to their mass.

Brazil, Argentina, Denmark, Norway, Scotland, Trukey and Germany for example, has made education free even in the university level. Capitalist countries like USA and UK also supports higher study students financially in different ways. It's not a wonder why they fall into the category of first world nations.

It is arguable that the government spending on higher education can pull fund from other fields such as food or health, which are more important. However, it is through building a knowledge based developed nation, the government can fight the obstacles of those fields. The spending can not be said to be extraneous.

A student passes more or less 12 years before being admitted into a college. It can be inferred that he is both interested and capable to pursue his higher studies. Financial hindrance obstructing his progress is not propitious for the nation. So, the claim of free education for students with financial difficulties is strongly supportable, as it does not conflict with national interests, rather helps the advancement of a nation and helps the student excel at his personal level.