Students say keeping tuition rates as they were would not cost government a lot of money.

MUN is increasing tuition by four per cent, a move which has incensed students.

Mary Feltham, the National Chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students, says she worked 63 days straight in order to afford tuition this fall.

MUNSU says freezing enrollment fees this year would have cost $2.2-million, significantly less than the $13.68-million allocated by government for tuition reduction.

Feltham says MUN has a role to play in keeping costs down by addressing bloat, but she says the province is simply trying to wash its hands of it.

Government has allocated money for MUN in the past and are now allocating new money for specific uses such as $70-million for infrastructure, and money for campus fees, says Feltham.