Merit and demerit of free education

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Education is the best legacy, so they say and they are right because there is so much to learn in school, some people confuse school to be a place they go to and after they complete their years of study, the next thing is over flow of money but things does not work this way....

School is a place that groom your mindset, expose you to different kind of people and hence help in also grooming your socializing skills, it is a place where you can get connected with people of the same mindset as you and in that way come together as one to achieve great things...

Which reminds me of my early day as a steemian, there was a steemit hive nigerian group i joined and i realize most of those in this group relate so well and even know themselves offline, i later get to find out that most of them are attending the same higher institution and here they are introducing the blockchain to one another and making money...

The knowledge, connection and ideas we get from school is priceless and there is always a difference between a literate and illiterate and the blockchain is a good example, some people have this opportunity presented to them but because they are illiterate and doesn't even understand the online stuff , they could not partake and hence miss opportunity of a lifetime and can only watch how the literate become great right in their front....

Some people did not go to school because they could not afford the fees, just 4 years ago, someone i know passed her exams in flying colors and also gained admission into the higher institution she desire but lack of money to sponsor it made her forfeit it...

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There are many people like her out there that it is money that stop them from going to higher institution and we still have many more reasons why some people didn't attend, now imagine a situation where education becomes free for all....

This would mean many more people attending higher institution which is a good thing but

There is likely going to be problems and they are listed below

• DEVALUED

People don't really appreciate free things and if higher education becomes free for all, it will be less valued and people may not really take it as something important as it has been programmed in their brain that the more you struggle to get something the more valuable it is, which is wrong but that is the mentality of many people....

• LESS PRIVATE HIGHER INSTITUTIONS

If school becomes free, looks like the private schools won't be having many student as they used to, like why pay for it when i can get it free from somewhere else, even though we still have people that will prefer going to private schools but the mass will choose the free school which will ruin business for the private ones..

• EFFECT ON THE PEOPLE AND ECONOMY

My country is already owing other countries trillions, now if they make higher education free, they will also need to fund it and they will need to pay the staffs and also maintain the school...

It is money they will need to do this, so they will probably make the life of the citizen miserable again by increasing the tax or borrow more money and double the amount they are already owing which doesn't seem to be a good idea....

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