Tuition fees too low in France

An editorial in the daily Ouest France criticises the low tuition fees at French universities, saying that this is leading to a considerable deterioration in the universities: "300 euros are less than what a young person spends on parties in a year. It is not even what a weekly visit to the cinema would cost. That reveals how we 'value' university education! The reposte is: the state must pay. ... But we need to change our way of thinking. Without [sufficient] funding French universities will become impoverished and disdained. Even by less developed countries which know that investment in education is very important. Chinese students, for example, complain that the conditions for studying in France are worse than those at home! The computer equipment is often inadequate and the libraries do not stand up to comparison with other European countries, let alone the United States."

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