Education is our silver bullet — not a target for cuts

EDUCATION Minister Batt O’Keeffe recently suggested that in order to make up the current deficit in funding of the third-level sector, the Government might sanction the return of fees — the blame for our financial woes lying anywhere but in Government Buildings.

However, education is a right not granted through the generosity of the State — it is an inherent human right.

Education is the great equaliser. It means no matter what your home address is, or what your parents do or don’t have, every person has the opportunity to go as far in life as their talents will take them.