‘Increased subsidy will also ease financial pressures on varsities’
President Jacob Zuma’s announcement that tertiary education would be free for poor and working-class firstyear students from next year has been welcomed by Nelson Mandela University.
NMU spokeswoman Zandile Mbabela said the announcement and subsequent commitments made would go a long way towards alleviating financial pressures on universities.Zuma said on Saturday free higher education for poor and working-class students would be fully phased in over five years.He said the definition of poor and workingclass students would now refer to “currently enrolled TVET College or university students from South African households with […]
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