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Berlin: Germany's higher education system headed for its biggest-shake up in decades after the Supreme Court overturned a ban on the introduction of tuition fees. The Court in Karlsruhe ruled that individual German federal states, or Lander, could now introduce fees at university, effectively ending the principle of free education in Germany that had survived since the 1960s. Student groups immediately denounced the ruling and promised a series of demonstrations and strikes across the country. Opponents of tuition fees argue that they will deter students from poor backgrounds from attending university and force existing students to abandon their studies. But supporters argue that fees will bring much-needed revenue into Germany's notoriously overcrowded and under-funded higher education sector, and might prompt students to work harder.
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