There is an ongoing debate regarding whether university education should be freely accessible to all students. While some argue that everyone has the right to receive tertiary education without financial barriers, I disagree with this view. This is because universities should not rely entirely on the national budget, and there are already various scholarship opportunities available for talented students.
Firstly, universities should continue charging would-be students to study there, since authorities do not have to allocate national budget’s money to high-level education to avoid placing financial burden in the long term. Indeed, children are supported by the government, getting free access to study at school, which justifies being tuition fees at universities. Therefore, policies should also focus on other sectors such as providing superior healthcare and subsiding to agriculture. For instance, if tertiary education institutions started being funded by the state, power holders would be more likely to set more strengthened limits on those, equally important, industiries. This ultimately leads to those field’s decline in quality.
Secondly, after graduating from school, pupils are mostly divided into two groups: those who have chosen to continue studying and those who have opt for an another area. In fact, for those who really have dedicated themseves in attaining higher knowledge money should not be a large issue. Hence, almost in all countries, there a sufficient number of scholarships, particularly for gifted students. To illustrate, in Kazakhstan, students who want to apply local universities have to pass UNT exam, which allows only a part of students to study with state grant.