Higher education minister Blade Nzimande has expressed sadness at the brutal killing of Nosicelo Mtebeni, 23, a fourth-year LLB student at the University of Fort Hare.
The higher education and training department told parliament on Wednesday that there was a need to develop advanced technology for teaching and learning.
Higher Education Dept working on strategy to address historical debt - Manamela Deputy Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela said that while government was supporting poor students through the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), they are aware that many others who fell under the so-called missing middle needed assistance. FILE: Deputy Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela. Picture: GCIS
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JOHANNESBURG - Deputy Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela said that they were working on revealing a strategy within the next three months aimed at addressing historical debt at universities.
Manamela said that while government was supporting poor students through the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), they are aware that many others who fell under the so-called missing middle needed assistance.
Govt doesn’t have money to clear historic debt, says Nzimande Updated
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Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande says government
is not in a financial position to support tertiary institutions to clear
student debts.
Nzimande responded to the 15 demands submitted by the South
African Union of Students (SAUS), one of which is the clearance of historical
debts for all students to be able to register.
“The Department of Higher Education and Training is not in a
financial position to be able to support institutions to clear all student debt
of fee-paying students. We are aware that there are many students whose