Photo: DPAA report on higher education in 13 countries published on Thursday found that Germany was the only one which still offers higher education without tuition fees to almost all students. The study, conducted by a group of US researchers on behalf of the the Körber Institute, reported that in Germany “only a tiny number of private educational institutions demand tuition fees” from students. “Germany is the only country in which policy is still based on providing tuition-free education to nearly all students,” it stated. That was counter to a global boom in fee-paying private higher education institutions “above all in countries that haven’t succeeded in covering demand through state institutions." The report found though, that higher education is no longer the privilege of a social elite and that “in many countries over half of a year group went on to study," including in Germany.

Source: The Local February 23, 2017 15:50 UTC