The province’s 2018 budget highlighted new funding for Island students.
Post-secondary students will be getting more help to pay for school with everyone who gets their first degree from UPEI and Maritime Christian College getting an extra $3,600 under the new Island Advantage bursary. Island students who attend those schools will also receive $2,200 for each year of a four-year degree. Holland College and College de L’Ile students will get an extra $1,200 for their first diploma.
The government expects the announced funding combines with existing supports will mean more than 1,000 qualifying students will get free tuition.
We went to UPEI to ask whether the budget announcements will change their future educational plans.
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