EDUCATION FUNDING
Vice Chancellors wary of ANC’s free tertiary tuition
The ANC’s proposal to provide free tertiary education for poor people from 2018 was unlikely to placate students, Universities SA warned on Wednesday. Universities SA represents the country’s vice-chancellors. The ANC has proposed that poor students receive higher education at no cost in 2018, but Universities SA says students want free education for all. ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said fully subsidised grants should be provided to qualifying poor students. Mantashe was speaking during a briefing on the weekend’s ANC national executive committee lekgotla at Luthuli House. Poor students were those from families with a gross annual income of R150,000 or less. Students from families earning R150,000-R600,000 a year can be subsidised through grants and loans, Mantashe said. Students who failed to maintain high academic performance would be disqualified, he said. Adam Habib, chairman of Universities SA and University of the Witwatersrand vice-chancellor, said on Wednesday that ...
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