Since 2022, Zambia has rolled out free education from primary through secondary school, boosting enrolment by over 2.3 million learners. As Hakainde Hichilema’s government seeks to entrench the policy in law, the opposition warns of overcrowded classrooms and strains on education quality
Those in power have learnt very little from the past and will continue to cling to the capricious hope that somehow the problem will go away
Bonginkosi Khanyile’s thoughts on the appointment of Blade Nzimande as minister of higher education, science and technology.
The minister displays no remorse for his handling of the #FeesMustFall movement
A green economy is the fastest way to lift millions from poverty and unite them in a common cause
DG Dondo Mogajane says government is committed to phasing in fee-free higher education within the confines of the national fiscus
Whether measures announced by Gigaba will stave off a downgrade by the remaining credit rating agency remains to be seen.
Funding fee-free university education will come at a cost
“If we want students to become smarter than a smartphone, we need to think harder about the pedagogies we are using to teach them."
‘We must make sure that in 2018 all academically deserving students are admitted freely in SA universities and FET colleges’
‘So many people ask me why I don’t just give up, but what they don’t get is that this is not my degree alone’
The Davis tax committee’s reports make it clear that neither free higher education for all nor
the NHI can be fully funded by the state
It is essential to compare apples with apples when demanding free education
Students agree it can’t happen overnight but they want an exact date from the state
‘Lastly, economics makes the difference between wealth creation and wealth inheritance.’
The protesters’ frustrations are not unwarranted and a government commitment is required.
The letter to ambassador Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu was written in a bid to apply pressure on the South African government to listen to students.
We look at the funding of tertiary institutions in four developing countries.
South Africa’s economy won’t be able to shoulder the burden of what students are demanding
Equal Education general secretary Tshepo Motsepe: "The only institution that can deliver free education is the government".
Faced with failing economies and climate change, free education fights need better solutions than shutdowns and technocratic responses.
The state misspends and decolonised education is delayed until we have a different economic system, writes Adam Haupt.
There are revenue sources that can be examined carefully and accessed to fund free education for all, at all levels.
‘Tensions are on the increase and we are very concerned.’
A new report casts light on the tertiary drop-out rates in contact and distance learning — and after a decade of study, the results look worse.
The University of Free State vice-chancellor believes state interference will be detrimental to institutions of higher learning.
Armed with hearings, studies and witnesses, the fees commission is due to begin its inquest into the reality of greatly longed-for #FreeEducation.
Unisa lecturers have been taking free learning to the townships since 2009, helping to boost small businesses in impoverished communities.
South Africa can afford fee-free universities without squeezing them to make do with even less.
Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has denied that he withheld a report on free education, reportedly given to him in 2012.
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/ 27 January 2012
The Gauteng education department are dragging their feet to get pupils living in Thembelihle into schools in Lenasia.
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/ 14 January 2011
Neither the ANC nor the government has any time frame in mind for the implementation of the goal of free education.