Friday, March 29, 2024

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AS THE DEBATE over the introduction of tuition fees for Barbadians at the University of the West Indies rages on, there is a view that fees will be imposed across the school system in the not-too-distant future.

Queen’s Counsel Pat Cheltenham, who described himself as being among the first beneficiaries of free education in Barbados in 1962, said the days of free education at the secondary level may soon be a thing of the past.

Speaking over the weekend at the launch of the Foundation Old Scholars Scholarship Fund at Tapas restaurant, Hastings, Christ Church, Cheltenham said while education continued to be free, schools were struggling to provide basic supplies for both students and staff.

“To think that several moons thereafter we’re now at the point where we’re passing the hat to educate people. We’ve either gone full circle, or the bottom has dropped out of the bucket,” he said. (YB)

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