Higher Education Funding

Vice-chancellors tell parliament that there needs to be a lasting national solution to the funding issues as they cannot deal with them on their own

Nzimande’s last-minute scramble to find funding for students has not stopped them from mobilising for a nationwide shutdown.

Sources say the party’s top six are concerned the protests at Wits University could intensify into a fiery student movement, much like #FeesMustFall

States and academics must collaborate or risk foreign experts taking over policy making

Readers write in about Ahmed Timol, the issues that hinder students’ success, and President Zuma’s statue in Nigeria

The disparate backgrounds of students call for changes to courses and ways of teaching that don’t compromise academic competency

By accepting more modest remuneration packages, varsity vice-chancellors can send a powerful message to bosses in the corporate and parastatal sectors

​For the government to wholly fund public higher education is seemingly impossible.

Institutions enrolled students in good faith as they awaited funding — which has yet to materialise.

Despite having to deal with construction, residence and financing issues, Sol Plaatje students last year averaged the best grades across the country.

Cida students despair after crucial meeting to decide the future of the institution is postponed.

Student protests continued after NSFAS announced it did not have sufficient funds to assist all qualifying students at South Africa’s universities.

A 2013 government report found that government funding for these academic institutions has not kept up with enrolment numbers.

Now the department is running at an inadequate capacity and is unable to perform all its functions.

Revamping vocational training will achieve little in rural areas unless it is linked to job creation.