Fees-Free University Scheme Was 'Quite a Failure', Luxon Says

Fees-free university scheme was 'quite a failure', Luxon says

The fees-free university scheme did not achieve any of its goals, the Prime Minister says, and it is better to direct funding elsewhere. The scheme...

Fees-free university scheme 'didn't achieve any goals', Christopher Luxon says

The scheme which gave tertiary students their final year of study free, has now been scrapped.

The troubled life and death of the fees-free tertiary scheme

Labour’s flagship policy never quite fulfilled its promise, writes Madeleine Chapman in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. No more fees-free Fees-free study for tertiary students will be scrapped in this year’s budget, reports Julia Gabel for the Herald.. First announced by Winston Peters on Friday and soon after confirmed by finance minister Nicola Willis, the fees-free scheme currentl…

Government Scraps 'failed' Fees-free University Scheme

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has declared the government's fees-free university scheme a complete failure, announcing it will be scrapped in this month's budget.The policy, which covered students' final year of tertiary study, will end for new cohorts from next year, though current final-year students will still receive the benefit.Speaking on Morning Report Monday, Luxon said the scheme had been "quite a failure" and called it "absolute ins…