This summer, the provincial government presented their new vision for post-secondary education in Ontario. This vision is the first step in the government's plan to drastically change colleges and universities in the province. It is more important now than ever that students speak up about our vision for post-secondary education in Ontario.
This summer, the provincial government presented their own vision for post-secondary education in Ontario. Students are presenting their own vision for how to ensure that post-secondary education becomes affordable and accessible for everyone who chooses to pursue it, that students are able to receive a high quality education and that colleges and universities are democratic and accountable institutions.
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Despite having been elected on the promise to reduce college and undergraduate tuition fees by 30 per cent, Dalton McGuinty's 2012 budget cancels nine scholarship programs and increases tuition fees by five per cent, on average. Even when accounting for the limited help of the Ontario Tuition Grant, the average student will have $1.20 of student aid clawed back through cuts and tuition fee increases for every $1 invested.
MoreStudents have long called for a tuition fee reduction and are pleased that the government has committed $430 million dollars to provide a grant for some students. However, students hope to work with the Ontario government to improve the policy. We are concerned that the tuition fee grant will exclude students who need it the most, is inadequate at assessing need, will be expensive to administer, will be difficult to implement at an institutional level and will fail to bring more access to the sector in the way that the government intends.
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