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Thesis statement: Tuition should be free because it gives the low income-students the
opportunity to study, it promotes equality in education and it helps free education to
improve.

I. It gives low-income students the opportunity to study.

A. Many poor students are discouraged to enter to the university because of
high tuitions and they go to a trade school instead.
B. Some of the poor students have to work and they cannot obtain a scholarship
so if the tuition is not free, the do not study.

II. It promotes equality in education.

A. Private schools have better campus than public and free colleges.
B. If more students decided to attend classes in public colleges, the government
would make a better public education.

Tuition Free

Tuition is the payment that someone gives in order to be part of an educational

institution. It is used to pay the basic needs of an establishment such as the water, the
electricity, the Internet or the phone but also to make profit that benefits the investors of the

institution. In Ecuador, most of public universities are free, but private universities have

tuitions as requirements to enter. I think that they should be free for two reasons.

One reason is that a free tuition gives the low-income students the opportunity to

study. First, Many poor students are discouraged to enter to the university because of high
tuitions and they go to a trade school instead which is an honest and a good option but is

less paid. Furthermore, some poor students have to work and they cannot obtain a
scholarship because they have more responsibilities, and if the tuition is not free, they do

not study. Otherwise, if the tuition is free, they can work and study at the same time.

Another reason to support free tuition is to promote equality in education. In fact,

private schools helps building better places, and that is unfair because all of us should have
the same conditions in education. Besides, if more students decided to attend classes in

public colleges, the government would make a better public education due to the great
demand of students.

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