According to the report from the Tribune, the former Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung criticizes the introduction of student loans in the country as a means to further marginalize the poor. He highlights the hypocrisy of those who enjoyed the benefits of a subsidized educational system in the 70s and 80s, only to turn around and impose loans with unfair conditions on today’s students. He sees student loans as a deliberate ploy by the rich to maintain their monopoly over higher education, preventing the children of the poor from accessing the same opportunities.
He considers the student loan legislation a dangerous move that will exacerbate the already difficult circumstances faced by many in the country.
He said, “The student loan legislation is the expression of the rich in this country or rather a warning from the rich. From the rich to the poor, education is our exclusive monopoly for ourselves and our children.
The government has no genuine reason to set up a student loan scheme. Those who went to the university in the 70s and 80s did not go to school through student loans; they went through a well-subsidized educational system, and the same set of people who benefited from that subsidized system are the ones today introducing loans with dangerous caveats for the children of the common man and further worsening their plight.”
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