For the first time since independence, the Government of Barbados decided to charge tuition fees to its tertiary students, starting in September 2014. Ariela St. Pierre-Collins, a 15-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Barbados, examines the arguments arising from the decision. Two weeks ago, the Government of Barbados made a decision that led every news item in …

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School dormitories provide a comfort zone where students carry out most of their co-curricular activities. But Oluwafemi Ogunjobi, 20, a Correspondent from Gbongan, Nigeria, says underneath the sweet spirit of life away from home can lurk the hazards of squatting.  Squatting is common in Nigeria’s institutions of higher education, and on many campuses is fast …

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