The Victorian government in association with the City of Melbourne have decided to trial a new three year program involving International students and travel. Some international students will be able to receive concession cards in 2015. This is a three year pilot program.
The aim of this program is to attract more International students to study in Melbourne. Currently due to the high costs of studying in Melbourne including travel many students are studying elsewhere such as the US.
The NUS, CISA, Meld and others have welcomed this announcement after years of campaigning.
But the downside of the program is that not all students are able to get it. This is only a yearly pass. Currently it is only the University of Melbourne and Monash students and its only available to full time undergraduate students. Hence there are many equity concerns on CISA's Facebook page.
On the yearly pass students pay about $1105 for Zone 1 and 2 for a concession and $2210 for a Full fare myki.
What do you think? Share your comments below.
The aim of this program is to attract more International students to study in Melbourne. Currently due to the high costs of studying in Melbourne including travel many students are studying elsewhere such as the US.
The NUS, CISA, Meld and others have welcomed this announcement after years of campaigning.
But the downside of the program is that not all students are able to get it. This is only a yearly pass. Currently it is only the University of Melbourne and Monash students and its only available to full time undergraduate students. Hence there are many equity concerns on CISA's Facebook page.
On the yearly pass students pay about $1105 for Zone 1 and 2 for a concession and $2210 for a Full fare myki.
What do you think? Share your comments below.
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