MP wants smokers, drunks to educate the nation

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The government must consider channelling proceeds of the alcohol and tobacco levy towards the tertiary education fund as opposed to opting for the cost sharing financing model, Parliament heard yesterday.

Francistown West legislator, Ignatius Moswaane, proposed that alternative means needed to be employed as opposed to the widely publicised cost sharing measure. Very adamant that the suggested financing model is set to cut out prospective tertiary students, he stressed that whatever means possible ought to be adopted to acquire tertiary funds with the exception of cost sharing.

“The cost sharing measure that is currently suggested to finance tertiary education is not the best solution, we should consider other ways of contributing to the tertiary education fund,” he said.

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