EDITORIAL: Fallen fees are not a full fix
Putting more money into higher education on its own won’t fix what’s broken
It’s not what one would call policy clarity. First, the Heher commission on the funding of higher education took more than 18 months to complete its work. Then President Jacob Zuma sat on the commission’s report for almost two months, making it almost inevitable someone would leak it — in this case to City Press, which published a sample of the commission’s recommendations on Sunday. The Presidency was working hard on reading the report, we were told in a media statement last week. It would consult with ministers and ensure the government was ready to implement the president’s decision as soon as he released the report. The Presidency promised to finalise matters this week. Whether and when it will have the courage to come out with a plan of action remains to be seen. That’s especially so given that it is unlikely the plan will go down well with "fees must fall" students. The commission was never going to recommend free education for all, as the "fallists" demand. But the Presidency...
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