Picture: MOELETSI MABE/THE TIMES President Jacob Zuma has announced that government will introduce fully subsidised free higher education and training for poor and working class undergraduate students.
This would start in 2018 for first year students at public universities.
The announcement comes on the day the ANC’s 54th national conference is set to start in Nasrec, Johannesburg and where Zuma’s successor will be elected.Zuma’s announcement on funding for higher education comes following the release of the Heher Commission report, released last month.However, the president’s announcement differs from what was recommended by the commission, that all undergraduate and postgraduate students be funded […]
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