Many development projects in the Third World provide short courses in
Rawalpindi at local universities or technical institutes to help small
enterprises upgrade their technical and management skills. Supported by grants
from overseas, these courses usually charge a low fee that is heavily
subsidised. Long-term sustainability is always the aim, but the clients needing
the help are far from being able to pay an economic fee. This was a concern in
Kumasi, Ghana, in 1995, when a group of small-scale
TSK was pleased that these responsible people had recognized
his essential dilemma but he asked them to suggest some solutions. TSK said
that they believed much money could be saved by asking participants to find
their own accommodation short
courses in Rawalpindi. Catering costs could be reduced to
providing only a light lunch. Mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks were
certainly unnecessary. They also felt that the fee could be increased to
contribute to offsetting the cost of instruction.
short
courses in Islamabad thanked the group for offering this advice and
for looking beyond immediate benefits. However, he felt that if fees were
increased, a way must be found to help the younger people who could not afford
to pay. Also, on the matter of campus accommodation, he believed that it
conferred a number of advantages, like the opportunity for this meeting, and
further studies in the evenings. It also gave people who never had the
opportunity to study at university a feeling that they had experienced academic
life, including part of the social dimension. In conclusion it was agreed to
effect economies by reducing the level of accommodation and catering, and to
gradually increase the level of fees, but they were still forced to realise
that they were a long way from sustainability.
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