Some people believe that people have the right to university education, and government should make it free no matter what their financial background. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Many argue that the

citizens

should be guaranteed affordable educational access to higher

education

institutions (HEIs) by the state without paying a cent. Personally, I strongly agree with

this

statement for two main reasons.

First

, pursuing a higher degree in a higher

education

institution will bolster the

development

of a

country

. Without harnessing the research and

development

in the university,

people

within a

country

will not be able to contribute to their

country

's

development

, resulting in a deceleration of the nation's performance at the global level.

For instance

, developed countries have succeeded to flee the middle-income trap due to their higher

education

policy that grants wide opportunities for all

citizens

regardless of their status to generate the advancement of research and

development

in society.

Thus

, there is no excuse for the

government

to not allocate a huge percentage of its total expenditures, by a minimum of 25 per cent, to ensure that the opportunity to embrace tertiary

education

is widely open and equal for the

citizens

. By implementing

this

, there will be a positive impact in the impending years in terms of the

people

's contribution to the

development

of the

country

.

Second

, distinguishing the poor and the rich can be portrayed as an unequal approach to educating

people

in a

country

. Indeed, a few

people

might assume that the rich

citizens

should pay tariffs for university, even higher prices than the middle-class or the lower-middle society.

Nevertheless

, we should, again, realise that the

government

has a compulsory onus to provide equal access to

education

for all

citizens

. The real problem that the

government

should address is to ensure that both the poor and the rich will gain the same opportunity to live a better and proper life after finishing their study. It means that the

government

should eliminate the tariffs for

education

and

also

maximise the student's potential to spur the

development

of a

country

utilising skills and knowledge gained from tertiary

education

. In conclusion, tertiary

education

can be beneficial for the

development

of a

country

through its research and

development

,

thus

the

government

should ensure that the

citizens

gain equal access without purchasing any tariffs in pursuing higher degrees in the university.