Drop-out students get help to finish their degrees at home

Wednesday 24 June 2009

The government wants to set up a fund of £12 million to give some of the 35.000 students who drop out every year a chance to complete their degree online through the Open University. The Higher Education Statistics Agency reported that in 2007 7.4% of younger graduates dropped out during their first year at university, up from 7.1% the year before. The Higher Education Funding Council for England hopes that 15% of the 35.000 who drop out each year can be encouraged to complete their degree at home instead of doing it at university.

Earlier this week the government announced a separate £20 million fund to support online learning. Last week Wes Streeting, the head of the National Union of Students argued that lectured should be replaced with more virtual learning.

I think the governmnet did good to invest some money in online learning, a lot of students prefer sitting at home with the internet over sitting in a classroom.