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UNIVERSITY FEE INCREASES

Wednesday, June 20, 1973

The Colonial Secretary, the Hon. Sir Hugh Norman-Walker, today stressed

that only those students who can afford to pay the recently announced new fee

structure at the two universities would have to pay in full.

Those who cannot afford, or can only afford part of then, need only

to approach the Student Finance Scheme which will offer assistance accordingly.

Sir Hugh said the paramount and continuing policy in this matter is

to ensure that no student who has obtained a place should be denied a university

education through lack of financial resources,

"The revision of fees were, therefore, accepted in the certain

Imowledge that the position of less well-off students would continue to be

fully protected."

He pointed out that no action is necessary to avoid hardship being

inflicted on existing students as the new fees do not apply to any of them.

"The new fees apply only to those students who will enrol after

July 1974."

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