University education is not an automatic right,
\nbut something which is a privilege.<\/p>\n
In many parts of the world even the most rudimentary form of
\neducation is something which a lot of people still strive for.<\/p>\n
Those of us who are in our 60s & over can remember a time
\nwhen university was only available for those who came from a
\nwealthy background,
\nwhile the majority of the population started work at 15 or
\nearlier.<\/p>\n
When my father wanted to get some qualifications in order to
\nimprove his prospects at work, then he had to get his City &
\nGuilds qualification by studying it at evening classes.<\/p>\n
That was the way in which things were done in an earlier age.<\/p>\n
An age in which the expression \u2018Gap Year\u2019 did not exist.<\/p>\n
You just left school and went straight in to work.<\/p>\n
If you came from the working class then getting to go to
\nuniversity was an unthinkable dream for most people until
\nsome time around within the 1970s.<\/p>\n
Yet even then it was more something which the middle class
\nwas able to achieve.<\/p>\n
The majority of the working class still just left school and
\nwent straight in to the work force.<\/p>\n
In this earlier age there was a higher regard for education,
\nand even more so for self education.<\/p>\n
It was also a time in which the expectation was to work for 50
\nyears before receiving a state pension.<\/p>\n
You worked long and hard for your pension, and there was no
\nfree university education for all.<\/p>\n
This is of course the other side of the question of extending
\nthe age at which the state pension kicks in.<\/p>\n
i.e.
\nHow pensions might best be looked at in terms of how long one
\nhas made a contribution within the workforce.<\/p>\n
Students might well complain about having to pay more for
\ntheir education, but the alternative might be that they might
\nhave to see their working lives extended to that which was
\nvery normal for the older generations.<\/p>\n
Yes it is all so very unfair, but that\u2019s just the problem which
\ncomes from living in a world where education is regarded as
\njust another commodity.<\/p>\n
We all pay one way or another.<\/p>\n
Yet education is not just about the acquisition of knowledge,
\nbut about how to increase those skills which might bring
\nbetter wealth for us all.<\/p>\n
When it comes to education we should all remember the old
\nsaying: –<\/p>\n
\u2018 To each according to ones abilities,
\nfrom each according to ones means,\u2019<\/p>\n
Of course the ideal should be free education,
\nand a \u2018living wage\u2019 pension for us all,
\nbut we just don\u2019t live in that kind of world.<\/p>\n
We are now living in an era of rising unemployment, and far
\nless money being spent upon basic social needs.<\/p>\n
So perhaps we need to rethink just what higher education is
\nall about, rather than just concentrate upon how it is to be
\npaid for.<\/p>\n
Which brings me back to the question of how we might
\nencourage more people to undertake some self education,
\nand just what kind of skills really do need to be taught within
\nthe schools.<\/p>\n
The questions of university tuition fees is not just about how it
\nis paid for, but what We All Need to get out of any form of
\neducation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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