Labour's policy offers a free year of education or training to anyone who has done less than half a fulltime year of post-school education or training. Photo: ODT filesUniversities have warned fees-free study could push some students to apply for courses they are unlikely to pass. Hipkins has flatly rejected any request for cash and saying the vast bulk of administration is done by the Tertiary Education Commission. Foundation courses are designed to help disadvantaged students, including Maori and Pacific New Zealanders, into degree programmes, and as such had much lower fees, McCutcheon wrote. Labour's policy offers a free year of education or training to anyone who has done less than half a fulltime year of post-school education or training.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 21, 2018 19:07 UTC