Text file: 1489.txt
author: mtc
downvotes: 0
end consideration date: 2011-03-15
id: '1489'
number comments: 8
number views: 4291
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology\n\
  The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology has prepared the National\
  \ Programme for Higher Education 2011-2020 (NPV\u0160 2011-2020), which regulates\
  \ tertiary education. The NQF consists of measures aimed at quality, excellence\
  \ and diversity in higher education. The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and\
  \ Technology is committed to making tertiary education as accessible as possible\
  \ to people through the principle of lifelong learning, and to this end aims to\
  \ develop a policy that makes education accessible to all segments of society. The\
  \ social dimension measures also determine the financing of tertiary education.\
  \ The State will finance studies up to a maximum of 240 or 300 enrolled ECTS, depending\
  \ on the length of the programme of study, for the first level of study at any time\
  \ in a person's lifetime if he or she has not yet reached this level of education\
  \ and if the State has not yet financed studies at this level. The exception will\
  \ be studies for regulated professions which take longer - in this case the State\
  \ will fund the full duration of the studies with an appropriate additional period\
  \ of time (1 year or 60 ECTS). The limit will be reasonably adjusted for students\
  \ with disabilities, who will be considered on an individual basis and will be subject\
  \ to individual professional assessment to determine the conditions for completion\
  \ of the studies and the possible longer duration of the funding. The State will\
  \ finance tuition fees for 60 or 120 ECTS enrolled, depending on the length of the\
  \ programme of study, for a second level of study at any time in the lifetime of\
  \ the successful student, if the individual has not yet reached this level of education\
  \ and if the State has not yet financed his/her studies at this level. If the individual\
  \ does not complete his/her studies within five years of the last ECTS plus five\
  \ years of enrolment, he/she will repay the tuition fees. The repayment of tuition\
  \ fees will be arranged in such a way that the individual will start repayment once\
  \ he/she has reached a certain regular income and is able to repay these funds.\
  \ The exception will be studies for regulated professions which take longer - in\
  \ this case the State will finance the entire duration of the studies with an appropriate\
  \ additional period of time (1 year or 60 ECTS). The limitation will be reasonably\
  \ adapted for students with disabilities, who will be treated individually and,\
  \ on the basis of an individual professional assessment, will be given the conditions\
  \ for completing the studies and a possible longer duration of the financing, or\
  \ the conditions for the refund of the tuition fees in the case of incompletion\
  \ of the studies completed without the student's consent.  In total, therefore,\
  \ for the first and second cycle of studies, the State will cover the cost of 360\
  \ ECTS for the individual, with the exception of longer programmes that train for\
  \ EU regulated professions. At the third level of study, the doctoral funding system\
  \ will be comprehensively reorganised, harmonising all doctoral funding schemes\
  \ (the Young Researcher Scheme and the Innovative Doctoral Funding Scheme). In order\
  \ to ensure excellence in doctoral studies, the State will provide funding for the\
  \ study and living costs of an appropriate number of doctoral research candidates,\
  \ but the individual will reimburse the State in the event of unsuccessful completion\
  \ of the programme. Universities will ensure that doctoral studies are adequately\
  \ conducted, based on scientific research and contribution to the treasury of knowledge.\
  \ In this context, the criterion for determining the number of places for doctoral\
  \ studies will be the adequate capacity of the universities, including the number\
  \ of supervisors.  In the event of non-completion of the second and third cycle\
  \ of studies, the individual will reimburse the State for the costs of the studies.\
  \ The period to be considered as the completion of studies will normally be five\
  \ years after the academic year in which the last ECTS for the second and normally\
  \ one year for the third cycle were taken. The amount of tuition fees to be refunded\
  \ in the event of failure to complete the course will be determined in an integrated\
  \ manner so as not to discriminate according to the field of study. The NSSE 2011-2020\
  \ was adopted by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia on 10 March 2011 and\
  \ is awaiting consideration by the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia."
response date: 2011-04-20
response due date: null
sent date: 2011-02-14
title: Introduction of tuition fees
upvotes: 14
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/1489
