Free education promotes laziness

DR Michael Unage was right when he said that free education is a political gimmick.
Indeed when the Government announced a K100 million allocation towards free education, parents must have asked why this was not done five years ago.
It is an attempt to restore a diminishing image before the coming general election.
Free education is nothing more than a mere prattle to satisfy the people and the concept itself would imply a dependency and paternalistic syndrome that could cause considerable flagellation of laziness on the part of the parent and non-commitment on the part of the student.
The concept is not ideal for a productive output because it lacks vision.
The few provinces that have tried free education had found it difficult to implement as witnessed in Southern Highlands and by Sir Mekere Morauta.

H. Gahare
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