Originally Posted by skc
A secondary education is a right and a necessity that benefits all children so is paid for by the taxpayer.
Further education is a choice that should be detirmined by a chosen career path.
If you want to be a Doctor, Solicitor, Scientist etc, go to university and pay back some of the cost of your education from the increased salary you receive from your education.
If you want to do teaching, nursing, social work etc, go to University and if you don't earn enough, us tax payers will pay for your education if you earn a couple of grand below the national average wage and if you earn more, pay back an amount that is affordable for a period and the rest is written off.
It's cheaper than the Labour scheme, it protects the lower paid, essential roles and recovers money from people benefitting from higher salaries. What's more, you don't pay a penny up front meaning it's open to every student that wants to go to University regardless of background while making more provision for people from poorer backgrounds.
The only people that will lose out is people that go on silly courses (what used to be a drinking degree) who will not be funded by the Tax payer and people like me with 3 Children that will cost me a bloody fortune at Uni. I personally want them to consider carefully whether they need to go rather than do it to avoid work for 3 years.