subject: Students Unions At The Universities. What For They Are Created? [print this page] In mostly every University there are several students unions. They are created for different purposes, but mostly to protect students rights and duties. But does this protection always good for students? Does it help or spoil students?
Unions Pros.
On the one hand it is good and useful because it unites students from different countries and/or from different nationalities. Young people learn how to be loyal to ach other, how to defend their rights. Thanks to these unions people with common interest gather together.
Why is it important to have a Union at the University?
The importance of making students unions consists in showing the problems, existing at the University and solving them in time. These unions show if there are any imperfections in the educational system of the educational institution. This youth organizations help to improve the educational system and to deviate from the conservative rules of teaching.
But on the other hand these unions cause different problems.
Unions Cons.
For example if there is an entrance exam to the University and there are people of different nationalities, like Muslims, Asian or Afro-Americans, then in case not to abuse them, University unions insist on taking these students with less requirements than native representatives of the country. And it goes that foreign students are accepted without any competition. And with a closer look we can see that these students are under the wing of the union which helps them to pass exams. If union wont help them every time, foreign students could learn the material more properly and pass it by themselves.
But still Students unions should have their place for living, because it is the only source for students to express their thoughts and opinions at their University and to get the answer from University authorities. And that is good that students has a willing to speak because old experience is good but new ideas are better.
