There’s a case for greater investment in support for postgraduate education.
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Courts and universities should distinguish between students who won’t pay and those who can’t – and help them to pay.
The system has allowed many students who would otherwise not access higher education to do so, but it is fraught with problems.
The ministerial task team’s report presents a jaundiced view of an important organisation that’s opened the doors of higher education to many who would otherwise have been closed out.
As South Africa’s students call for free university tuition, it’s worth asking whether higher education would be free in a truly just society.
Innovative new forms of funding must be pursued to address the higher education challenges in South Africa.
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