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Report says Sask government should cut tuition by $1,000 to ease student debt

Article online since October 8th 2007, 23:00
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REGINA - A new report says the Saskatchewan government should cut tuition fees for university students by $1,000 and extend a tuition freeze to make post-secondary education more accessible.

The proposals are among 51 recommendations in the long-awaited review of the province's post-secondary system.

Advanced Education Minister Warren McCall, who prepared the report, says the freeze and the cut would each cost about $30 million to implement.

McCall says the cut would drop the cost of university tuition to $4,063 - just below the national average of $4,347.

Student groups are welcoming the news, saying the changes would help ease debt.

But critics are questioning the timing of the report, calling it an attempt to woo young voters just days before a provincial election is expected to be called.

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