Chile Is Doing Something Huge For Its Students...

“In March 2016 we will start with free higher education now that we have the resources,” said Rodrigo Peñailillo, Chile's Minister of Interior in early December following approval of a corporate tax hike that will generate $8.2 billion in new revenue. 

So how did things change? Chile’s new direction wasn’t conceived by politicians in government offices. It started with students in the streets. Demonstrations began in 2006 ...

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Deputy premier: university fees abolished

Apa kita nak dengar : Oops ini bukan di Malaysia?

Deputy premier: university fees abolished

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesman Bulent Arinc said that university fees were abolished

27 August 2012 21:15 (Last updated 27 August 2012 21:19) | ANKARA

Following Council of Ministers meeting on Monday, Arinc told reporters that fees for university students had been lifted, adding that fees were also abolished in open plan schools. A total of 1,524,380 students in universities as well as 1,951,494 students in open plan schools will directly benefit from this new situation as of 2011-2012 education year, he added.

The decision will be issued in the Official Gazette on Tuesday, said Arinc.

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MALAYSIA CASE:

GETTING A MALAYSIAN CAR FOR OKU (SALES TAX & EXCISE DUTY WAIVED  :
 ..try a car salesman, it's not easy - involved the ministry of transport directly, why can't they make it 1 car per OKU, i just cannot understand - who finance it doesnot (should not matter), (have a more flexi financing facility, say) can even take a car loan (or under guaranteed) by own kids or near relative?

I am sick of M'sia being a Negara 1Off & Negara Rayuan? We lost our sense of due 'rights'. Just like the announcement of 1% charge for PTPTN loans - it's NOT automatic & across the board, which RTM & TV3 make it sounds like. The procedures are lengthy & tiresome - it's sickening!

anak matlesen: Dear PM, Once more for next budget 2013?

UK anti-cuts - 1948 street party!

UK anti-cuts group holds rally in London

Published on May 28, 2012 by PressTVGlobalNews : This is parliament in 2012. Where the British flag flies high and the politicians make their decisions. And on this unusually sunny day in London, there's a good old British street party going on. But it's not a celebration.

UK rejects America's Neo Liberal Capitalism? UK anti-cuts says four things under threat NHS, Women, Welfare & Democracy.

Canada: from tuition fees to Pots & Pans Protest!

Published on May 28, 2012 by RussiaToday ; Quebec's university student federation has confirmed it will return to negotiations with provincial authorities on Monday. The talks over tuition fees stalled over a month ago, sparking a wave of ongoing mass protests in Montreal. But government treatment of protesters indicates the sides are nowhere near a compromise, as Gayane Chichakyan reports.