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Date Posted: 19:37:20 02/09/00 Wed
Author: Anonymous
Subject: Re: Head Tax & Tertiary Scholarship
In reply to: 's message, "Head Tax & Tertiary Scholarship" on 11:59:05 02/09/00 Wed

> In the WF one asks why the government restructured the
> NATSCHOL? I say the tune and time has changed. Thirty
> years ago 99% of the citizens were not participating
> in the cash economy. The NATSCHOL was established to
> support students with financial needs to particiapte
> in specialized training of technocrats and bureaucrats
> for a soon to be independent nation. The NATSCHOL is a
> policy, not a MAMA Law or an organic law and can be
> terminated once it has served its purpose. Thirty
> years has passed and if we have come to accept western
> style materialism and market economy then we would
> have established a strong rural economy to support our
> enduring quest for education. Should we continue in
> the shadows of our colonial benefactors, should we
> continue to play ignorance, and why should we have
> government continue to pay for what is now essential a
> private good? There is no economic justification for
> continuing the Natschol and the TESA is quite in
> order. When we embraced Western democracy we
> essentially agreed to be subjected to a competitive
> market economy. It means having to pay for all, or
> some of the cost of the goods and services. Even
> education costs money, and it cannot be paid for by
> more taxes while the 80 percent of the population sit
> back and wait for the government to provide their
> varied needs. How can the government pay if 80 percent
> of the population are not contributing to the national
> coffer. Perhaps if we can reinstitute the head tax
> then we call for review of user pay policies.

Dear friend,

I think it is 100% certain that when students have to sweat to pay for their own education they will be less likely to waste time and party, but apply themselves to their studies. That is the lesson learned in the rest of the world and I fully agree that it's time to take that lesson on board.

Cheers.

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  • Re: Head Tax & Tertiary Scholarship -- Anonymous, 03:07:54 02/10/00 Thu
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