"Education May Be Expensive But It Is Expensive Not to Be Educated at All"

Roshee Lamichhane


The significance of education is undisputed because life without education is unimaginable in this modern world. Education is viewed as an investment in human capital that has both direct payoffs to the educated individual as well as external benefit for society as a whole. What if this education becomes exclusive privilege of the elite masses while the rest teeming thousands can't get through good colleges and universities or even forced to discontinue their studies just because they can't afford to pay for their studies?

Is it not unfair that students with strong academic background fail to attend good schools and colleges just because they are unable to pay for their tuition fees? Do they not have the right to education?

Many students in abroad countries are working more hours at part-time jobs and becoming mired in debt to pay for their colleges and high schools. The rising cost of education is making it ever more difficult for people who do not have sound financial backing to support their education on their own.

Rising education costs certainly aren't a problem for the wealthiest families who can afford to send their children to expensive schools and colleges. But for the poor it takes up the largest proportion of their earnings. Life can be very bleak for those families who have spent every spare penny on sending their child to a decent school and have nothing left for their own comforts.

Many students in abroad countries are working more hours at part-time jobs and becoming mired in debt to pay for their colleges and high schools. The rising cost of education is making it ever more difficult for people who do not have sound financial backing to support their education on their own.

And this is the reason why exactly the gulf between those studying in private schools and students in public schools in developing countries is increasing. The reason is self- evident. It is true that private schools/colleges have done much to eradicate the defects of public schools. They highly raised the standard of teaching and with good management produced excellent results. A large number of students were sent annually to different countries in quest of quality education investing a huge amount of money. Private schools/colleges put a stop to this tremendous national loss by providing equally good or in many ways better schooling to children right inside the country.

The only problem with the private schools/colleges has been that they are not affordable and accessible to every sect of our society. There are so many students who'd like to go to schools/colleges but aren't going not because of their abilities, but because of a lack of financial resources.

High price has indeed proved a major hurdle in acquiring education. High cost of education is daunting. College fees are surging and climbing to the moon. With this heavy price tag many foreign students in abroad countries are already in debt. And it is not just tuition fees that is rising but the increasing cost of textbooks, living cost and so on. A lot many students in developing countries want to go abroad for study. This trend of abroad education not only creates problem of brain-drain but also the capital flight is immense which is not beneficial to the country. Every child should have the access of education, no matter whether his/ her parents are rich or poor, or whether the cost of education is high or low.

Last but not the least, education should be under the reach of the common masses. Poor people should not be denied of the equal chances of education and schooling. If it happens then we might have to pay a heavy price for that. Regulations must be made to stop schools/colleges from charging excessive fees in the name of quality education in developing countries. Government should make an effort to provide equal and quality education to the poor all over the country.