Statistics Canada has released information that reveals the Wall Government is forcing Saskatchewan students to pay more for post-secondary education.
NDP Candidate Yens Pedersen thinks this is wrong , “Under the Wall Government, life is less and less affordable for Saskatchewan students,” said Pedersen. “Students not only have to deal with high increases in the cost of living, especially for housing and utilities, but they also have to pay a lot more for tuition. These increases are not only unsustainable, but they make it harder for both students and their families to afford post-secondary education.”
According to Statistics Canada, tuition fees for undergraduate students in Saskatchewan saw a significant increase on average of 5.0 per cent; while graduate students are paying 4.6 per cent more for their tuition. Pedersen noted that both undergraduate and graduate tuition fee increases far exceeded the rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index, which was only 1.8 per cent between July 2009 and July 2010.
“Post-secondary students demanded that tuition increases not exceed the rate of inflation,” Pedersen said. “But the Wall Government ignored those requests and drove up the cost of tuition at a rate that far exceeds inflation. Post-secondary students and their families have been let down by this government.”
“For years the Minister of Advanced Education has talked about a Tuition Management System but has provided no detail whatsoever as to what this means or how it will affect students,” said Pedersen “With a second consecutive year in tuition increases, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the Wall Government’s so called Tuition Management System simply means ever-rising tuition rates.”
Pedersen pointed out that under the previous NDP government, there was a tuition freeze that helped keep the cost of post-secondary education low. “Our party has always cared about affordability, not just for students but for everyone, with programs such as the tuition freeze and lowest-cost utility bundle for ratepayers we focused on making sure everyone in Saskatchewan could live, work and go to school without facing severe financial burden”.
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High Tuition Fees Must Come to an End
Statistics Canada has released information that reveals the Wall Government is forcing Saskatchewan students to pay more for post-secondary education.
NDP Candidate Yens Pedersen thinks this is wrong , “Under the Wall Government, life is less and less affordable for Saskatchewan students,” said Pedersen. “Students not only have to deal with high increases in the cost of living, especially for housing and utilities, but they also have to pay a lot more for tuition. These increases are not only unsustainable, but they make it harder for both students and their families to afford post-secondary education.”
According to Statistics Canada, tuition fees for undergraduate students in Saskatchewan saw a significant increase on average of 5.0 per cent; while graduate students are paying 4.6 per cent more for their tuition. Pedersen noted that both undergraduate and graduate tuition fee increases far exceeded the rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index, which was only 1.8 per cent between July 2009 and July 2010.
“Post-secondary students demanded that tuition increases not exceed the rate of inflation,” Pedersen said. “But the Wall Government ignored those requests and drove up the cost of tuition at a rate that far exceeds inflation. Post-secondary students and their families have been let down by this government.”
“For years the Minister of Advanced Education has talked about a Tuition Management System but has provided no detail whatsoever as to what this means or how it will affect students,” said Pedersen “With a second consecutive year in tuition increases, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the Wall Government’s so called Tuition Management System simply means ever-rising tuition rates.”
Pedersen pointed out that under the previous NDP government, there was a tuition freeze that helped keep the cost of post-secondary education low. “Our party has always cared about affordability, not just for students but for everyone, with programs such as the tuition freeze and lowest-cost utility bundle for ratepayers we focused on making sure everyone in Saskatchewan could live, work and go to school without facing severe financial burden”.