Will tuition fees for Estonia’s repeat students bring more money to education?

Coalition talks reached an agreement last week to keep tuition-free access for first Estonian-language degrees and vocational education, while repeat students will be required to pay.Will this change help ease the funding shortfall in Estonia’s education system — and if so, by how much?

Before the country’s higher education reform, the Estonian state invested 1.6 percent of GDP in higher education.Currently, however, state spending on higher education amounts to just 1.1 percent of GDP, ETV’s “AK.Nädal” reported Sunday.

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