As university fees in England rise, we ask locals if they think students should have to pay for their education. Is the cost of higher education becoming too high for the average family?
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00:00Well, the costs are too high for the average family for certain. Of course, the students
00:08are expected to pay their university fees back when they get an employment, which is
00:12supposed to be higher paid occupations. Whether the government actually recoup that or what
00:17is a different question.
00:19We should make sure that it is affordable and the interest rates are the key one, key
00:23factor, how to ensure that we don't charge them high interest. So eventually the fees
00:30become unmanageable.
00:31I think the cost is becoming too high for the average family. A lot of students are
00:35leaving university with huge debts. And that is, it's sort of, it's having a negative effect
00:40on a lot of students who are now not looking at going towards the traditional A-level university.
00:46They're looking at other, you know, options. And sometimes that can be detrimental. It
00:51affects the, you know, the literacy rates, the education in the area, and that sort of
00:56stops people from achieving.