Student union fights education cuts
Apr 15, 2009
By Kate McIntosh

UNION ANGER: Student Union of Latvia's international affairs officer Kirils Solovjovs said the union was prepared to take nationwide action over the government's planned cuts to the higher education sector.
RIGA - Planned government education cuts would limit students' access to higher education and dramatically hinder Latvia's intellectual development, according to the country's student union body.
The Latvian government is currently considering funding cuts between 20 to 40 percent in the education sector.
Kirils Solovjovs, international affairs officer of the Student Union of Latvia (LSA) said severe cuts could potentially jeopardize university student intakes in 2010.
According to preli ...
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