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OC introduces tuition for upgrading but help is at hand for students

OC introduces tuition for upgrading but help is at hand for students
Okanagan College is implementing tuition fees for domestic students taking upgrading courses, but government and college financial aid will mean many of those students won’t be out of pocket to pay. The decision comes in the wake of a 2014 change in provincial direction to charge fees for upgrading and ESL at post-secondary institutions. The College’s Board of Governors decided Tuesday to implement the tuition fee schedule for domestic Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. Okanagan College is among the last B.C. institutions to do so.

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