Free university education is not sustainable

We can’t afford to compromise the quality of the system, writes

from Hillbrow

Chigura

HGram

istory is important because it teaches people about the good, the bad and the worst that human beings have faced. It serves as a compass which shows people what direction to follow and what decision they should avoid adopting.

That subject has never been given priority in the education curriculum. As a result, mistakes that have happened elsewhere in the world are likely to be repeated here because no one has ever learnt of their disastrous effects.

It is a good thing for the government to improve the literacy rate in the country but it is not a good thing for that intention to compromise the quality of our education standards.

I can’t find a reason as to why people celebrate the promise of a free university education to everyone.

Besides bringing an unnecessary burden to the already strained fiscus, such attempts elsewhere have not yielded positive results at all but made everyone a worthless university graduate by an education system that prepares students for nothing in life, because it’s for nothing.

The products of that system are too cheap and worthless.

Free basic education is cheap, affordable and sustainable, but when it comes to university education, let’s pause and think before we test the water. Free education at that level is not sustainable.

And, if it is ever provided, we will get nine out of every 10 people with worthless degrees. Let’s not try to score easy political points by supporting a move that will yield destructive ends.