Hi everyone, in this
post you will be able to see what will be the schedule I'm going to follow
doing my TED TALK. Here, there are the mains aspects of the topic I have chosen
to do “Should university education be free”, and also there is my personal opinion
which will summarize the main ideas of this post.
In
Spain, and in Europe, the cost of the college isn't too high. However, this
cost in other countries like the USA is rising. This over-cost education, is
making students facing financial constraints when it comes to attending
college, making some of them have a big debt to pay to the college
institution.
Going
to a college requires spending some money from your pocket. This collides with
the article 26 of the declaration of the human rights. The 26 article said,
“Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the
elementary and fundamental stages. … Education shall be directed to the full
development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for
human rights and fundamental freedoms.”. After reading this, I consider
college as another education stage, because it helps you to continue developing
yourself personally and academically. So the government should help students
economically.
Apart
from the declaration of the human rights, there are also some reasons which are
in favour of the non-debt education. These reasons are related with the
improvement of the society, the widened workforce, the boosting of the economy,
the increment of the equality, and the upgrade of the students focusing.
Firstly,
university should be free for all, because it improves society. If more people
are better educated, they would be able to solve problems better. So the
society would also progress faster. In addition, people with education know
more about the history, and the economy of their country, so they will be able
to help it more. In brief, if more people have access to a college education,
their skills will be increased, and they will be able to join the
workforce.
Secondly, if our people are more educated, we will have
a widened workforce. Nowadays, there are much more works which use automatic
machines, so people are getting unemployed. To solve this, new generations need
to achieve analytical skills, and also creativity thinking abilities. These
skills are necessary because people need to be retrained and taught skills for
the new jobs.
Thirdly, there is no doubt if University would be free
it would boost our economy. There are so many students who have a lot of debt
in their studies. That don't allow them moving Forward, delaying them on buying
things like a car, or a house. Otherwise, people without debt would stimulate
the economy because they will spend more, thanks to the higher demand in the
workforce. Finally, having debt cause students bad behaviours related with
their mental state. And without these weights of the debs, they will be able to
feel more relaxed, but also more motivated facing their academic course.
Education is essential for the development of services in a country, which is
key to increasing productivity Romer, 1986).
Free University education will affect directly on the
equality of the society members. This equality will be increased because most
of the people will have a complete education. Also, this equality will change
the different types of the social status, making them being more equal,
deleting social classes like low or high-social classes, and making them being
more mid-social class. Finally, it's important to reach the equality because if
we reach it, not only we will be equal in rights, we will be also equal
in opportunities... Free education should be analyzed
as the path we must follow to promote equity and social mobility (Espinoza
and González, 2016)
Finally,
there is one last reason in favour of free university education. We talked
later about the different types of behaviour students can have studying a
degree, knowing them that they have a big economic debt. Being totally focused
is important to pass all the degree exams, but also to learn knowledge. That's
why, if we have and academic debt, we cannot be totally focused, and those
distractions can make us fail, avoiding us giving the full of our academic
capacities.
Now, I’m going to show you some information taken from
an article called “Analysis of the implementation of free education at the
University of Atacama”. This article was written by Burgos.C, Oña.A, and
Castillo.W, and it shows some academic results and also the consequences of the
implementation of a university without economic debds.
In the article, one of the consequences of the
insertion of free education in Chile was the improving of the quality of their
life's inhabitants. So, education become the main factor to reduce these
problems. (OECD, 2018).
They have much more benefits apart from the free
access, they have also scholarships, loans and own funds.
In conclusion Burgos.C, Oña.A and Castillo.W say that
if we want to reach a higher education is necessary to reach a good productive,
social, and economics levels, which will boost the development of the country.
Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tb-0RKjkQfYqgzY93FnlxpTVbby2z2kE/view?usp=sharing