University students in Pakistan struggle to pay tuition and often drop out due to the heavy cost of higher-education, but in Germany when universities open next week, students will pay absolutely nothing.
Gabriele Heinen-Kljajic, the minister for science and culture in Lower Saxony the last state to abolish tuition fees says, “We got rid of tuition fees because we do not want higher education which depends on the wealth of the parents.”
The move to end tuition fees began in 2006, when state governments decided to charge an affordable 1000 euros per year after courts ruled that tuition fees did not violate Germany’s commitment towards universal post-secondary education.
