MARK BARNES: Employers need graduates like Eskom needs coal — and they will pay for degrees
Public and private sector users will enter offtake agreements for the supply of educated human capital
17 March 2021 - 16:02
If you want to see how expensive something really is make it free, the adage goes. We will surely find that out in education. The same argument applies to Bentleys and BMWs — get one for free and it’ll cost you, at least your peace of mind, forever.
There can be no debate that education is central to addressing inequality, poverty and unemployment, or that access to education, at all levels, is neither equally nor freely available to all South Africans...
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