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What does it take to be an average stundent in Estonia?

What does it take to be an average stundent in Estonia?. There are 68 196 students in Estonia 59% of them have entered the work market 56% of employed students have a full-time job The average income of the working student is about 6000 krones (ca 380€). Facts about Estonian HE system.

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What does it take to be an average stundent in Estonia?

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  1. What does it take to be an average stundent in Estonia?

  2. There are 68 196 students in Estonia • 59% of them have entered the work market • 56% of employed students have a full-time job • The average income of the working student is about 6000 krones (ca 380€)

  3. Facts about Estonian HE system • State-comissioned education • Tuition fees (average about 20 000 kroons per semester) • Extreamly weak system of social guarantees • International mobility - about 6% of all students are sure that they area able to study abroad

  4. Shall we Choose Tuition Fees? • restricts accessto higher education for people with lower socio-economic background • reproduces social inequality • reduces quality of higher education, students are often forced to fulltime work alongside their studies • limits student mobility

  5. Shall we Choose Tuition Fees? • students choose their area of study according to their financial capabilities and future prospects, not according to their interests • increased drop-out rate • Increased pressure to finish school as fast as possible (not as smart as possible)

  6. The reality... • Pre-paid tuition fees between 10 000 and 100 000 kroons per academic year (600-3725€) • 54% of all students are paying. 25% of students in public schools are paying. • Universities are free to set their own tuition fees, no regulation from government • Higher tuition fees for foreign students

  7. The reality... • Tuition fees and lack of social guarantees force students to work • 59% of all students are working, additional 19% intends to go to work in near future • Over 60% of students think that working hinders their studying progress • Only 6% of students paying tuition fees would be able to continue their studies without working • Students are choosing their area of study according to lower tuition fees/no tuition fees. • 55% of students would have made different choice if they had to pay for the subject they are currently studying.

  8. Study allowances • The maximum sum that one student may get is 1500 kroons (ca. 95 eur) • The allowancy depends on the avarage grades of the student and the personal premeability of the study programme • Only 16% of all students in Estonia recieve this money • EÜL fights against this system!!!

  9. Other important facts to consider for surviving... • There is no housing allowence for students • Housing expenditures make 75% of whole income • Low transportation benefits • Private banks’ slavery

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