Share UWI costs

The chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Sir George Alleyne says students should help foot the bill for their education.
But speaking yesterday to the penultimate group of Barbadian students to have received completely free education, he stayed away from saying how the cost should be split with Government.
He suggested that a cost-sharing formula needed to be worked out.
Addressing the graduating ceremony of the UWI Cave Hill Campus at the Gymnasium of the Garfied Sobers Sports Complex, Sir George said while governments should fund public universities because of the public good they serve, students should also contribute to the cost “given the benefits they derive from the institution’s provision of private goods”. (DP)