Another example of how we know that decisions made by unis are not exactly data driven particularly as this decision borders on discrimination (what does “quality students” even mean?!). Interestingly, this initial deposit was €1.5K before it was reduced due to the #Covid19. Image
#Nigeria & #Cameroon are the top two countries in Africa with students in N.Cyprus. However, look again, Cameroon is nowhere close to Nigeria. So what happened to all the other countries in-between? Are they all “quality” and how was the measured?
The real issue is intl students getting stuck/ stranded/ trafficked to N.Cyprus and being unable to pay fees but this policy doesn’t solve that problem. It merely discriminates against the two biggest markets in Africa- which is nonsense.

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