IF VOTED BACK into office, a Barbados Labour Party (BLP) administration will set up a task force on education and remove any need for students to pay part of their tuition fees.
That promise was made yesterday in the House of Assembly by former minister of transport and works Gline Clarke, during the 2015-16 Estimates debate.
Clarke said the decision last year to make students pay remained a painful one, and had to be changed. 
“Paying that 20 per cent is killing the students, and you have over 5 000 students who have dropped out of university because of it,” the St George North MP said. “Within three years we would provide full funding for tertiary education.
“We need a task force to help education in its entirety. We could even bring together both Houses or both parties. Let’s put our heads together.” (BA)
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