COVID-19: Should the university fees be reduced?

With the new order from MOHE for universities to conduct classes through online, it means that there will be less physical face to face classes.  Due to this, students would not be using any physical facilities that available at their respective universities such as classroom and such.

But there are other facilities that are offered through online such as library (even though they cannot borrow physical printed books), eLearning and others.  In fact, online classes are conducted by the same instructors (who are paid) but it is just the classes are conducted through online medium.

Of course, there are some courses which need hands-on practices like science experiments which might require the need of laboratories or specialised equipment, workshops for courses involving tinkering, sewing, cooking – referring to technical and vocational courses  or design studios which equips with costly or bulky equipment such as 3D printers or cutters.   For such cases, students need to attend physical face to face classes.

But, with the  decreased limited usage of university’s facilities and services, should the university fees be reduced?   That’s a question that would be thought well and it is something that is being discussed at the moment (HERE is the recent article from a internet).

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