Danish students protest proposed cuts to student allowances
Education · First reported 4 Nov, 14:27 · Updated 14:46
Thousands of Danish students demonstrated in Copenhagen against planned changes to student allowances. The proposal would end grants for some students and reduce them for others, while ministers have defended it as a compromise and economically responsible policy.
- Student groups marched from Copenhagen City Hall Square to parliament on Wednesday; the protest was reported as peaceful.
- The draft bill would end allowances for 14,000 students and reduce payments for about 8,000 more, according to the Higher Education Ministry.
- Some governing-party ministers defended the proposal as a compromise, while student representatives and protesters urged the government to reconsider it.
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- Protest location
- Copenhagen, with marchers heading from City Hall Square to parliament.
- Proposed grant changes
- 14,000 students would lose grants and approximately 8,000 others would receive less.
- Income threshold for ending allowance
- More than 700,000 Danish kroner in annual parental income for students living with their parents.
- Reported strike participation
- Around 40,000 students at 57 schools were on strike; 12,000 to 13,000 joined the protest.
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