KELOWNA – Okanagan College is taking steps to help its debt burdened students while hoping a new contest will force the provincial government to rethink some of its policies.
The Okanagan College faculty association is launching a contest called “30 Drops Out of the Bucket”.
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It will give away 30 cheques of $1,000 to current and former students with the greatest debt load.
Faculty president, Tim Walters, hopes the contest puts a spotlight in decreased provincial funding for Okanagan College and other post-secondary institutions.
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Walters notes the average student graduates with $32,000 in loan debt.
Applications for the contest are due by Feb 26th with the cheques to be awarded March 1st.
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