Sliding scale of fees would best help students most in need, lobby group says
Students have proposed a higher-education funding model that makes more money available to students in need and cuts subsidies to those who are able to fund their education themselves. Speaking to the fees commission, the Students for Law and Social Justice (SLSJ) presented a proposal for a sliding-scale model that also used increased government spending on higher education. The students called for an income-contingent loan system to be applied according to individual students’ needs and financial position, repayable when students begin earning an income. SLSJ is a grouping of students from various universities in SA that aims to transform legal education and access to justice. In its presentation, SLSJ said the government could use a model based on substantive equality, where those most in need were assisted at the justifiable expense of those able to pay; with the ultimate aim of achieving higher education that is universally available and accessible. The organisation proposed a m...
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