Whiteman STUDENTS AT the University of the West Indies, Mona, should know by next week Friday, whether their counter-proposals on the impending tuition fee increase have been accepted.
Andrew Edwards, president of the UWI Guild of Students, told The Gleaner the students met yesterday with Senator Burchell Whiteman, Minister of Education, to discuss the counter-proposals, which he promised to take to Cabinet.
Mr. Whiteman is expected to return with a response between Wednesday and Friday.
Mr. Edwards says the students proposed that the increase not exceed the inflation rate, and that the fees be calculated on the same structure -- by faculty -- as obtains now.
However, they want to retain the option of registering and paying for courses per credit.
Last week, the UWI announced that it had app-roved a new formula for the calculation of tuition fees for the academic year 2001/ 2002.
Under the UWI's proposed arrangement, full-time students in any faculty except Law, Engineering and Medical Sciences, would be charged fixed fees that would entitle them to register for a range of credits.
Students would pay extra for any credits in excess of the full-time load, while part-time students would be charged on a course/credit basis.
