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18 January 2018 - 05:00
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What about the kids who left academic schools to go to vocational training colleges to obtain national qualification framework grades in much-needed trades? Why are they never counted?
I taught at a low-income government school for many years. About 40% of the learners who entered grade 8 left by the end of grade 10 to go to the college across the road. I don’t regard that as dropping out at all. - Lushan Turner
Stop saying free education leads to poor quality at university. Among the best universities are in countries with free education.
It’s a pity that a vice-chancellor is more concerned about keeping poor students from getting an education than he is in being part of the solution. And, by the way, research shows that the quality of a varsity is not only judged by its financial side — it’s also about the culture.
The vice-chancellor must get involved or leave. There are more than enough people who can make a meaningful contribution. Mbuyiseni Nkosenhle Mchunu
Zuma has not given anyone anything. Nothing is his to give. He has made yet another destructive contribution to this country.
What is ironic in Habib’s column is the bit about letting "universities be used as political footballs". Are we going back to the apartheid years?
I was on Wits campus in 1981 when (mostly white) students demonstrating against apartheid were stopped by police before damage occurred. No more. - Rob Wilson
If everybody is getting degrees now, who will do the manual work in 20 years’ time? We will sit with a generation of highly qualified people hoping for jobs. - Paul Botha
Habib was the one who said students must go to the president for free education. Now that Zuma has given students free education, he has a problem with it ... Vusi SoThenjiwe Mrholozi
White collar crime. Insider trading. Greed. Corruption. If you want a lavish lifestyle, you must earn it and not steal it. The thieves have earned a lifestyle in prison, I believe. - Malcolm Benjamin
It’s amazing, when one is wealthy, like Markus Jooste, how long these investigations take. Lock him up because what he did is criminal. - Ampie Louw
One man does not do this on his own. His whole board is responsible and must be held equally accountable. - Fred Koch
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The ugly picture behind the matric pass rate.
What about the kids who left academic schools to go to vocational training colleges to obtain national qualification framework grades in much-needed trades? Why are they never counted?
I taught at a low-income government school for many years. About 40% of the learners who entered grade 8 left by the end of grade 10 to go to the college across the road. I don’t regard that as dropping out at all. - Lushan Turner
Wits vice-chancellor Adam Habib on Jacob Zuma’s free education plan.
Stop saying free education leads to poor quality at university. Among the best universities are in countries with free education.
It’s a pity that a vice-chancellor is more concerned about keeping poor students from getting an education than he is in being part of the solution. And, by the way, research shows that the quality of a varsity is not only judged by its financial side — it’s also about the culture.
The vice-chancellor must get involved or leave. There are more than enough people who can make a meaningful contribution. Mbuyiseni Nkosenhle Mchunu
Zuma has not given anyone anything. Nothing is his to give. He has made yet another destructive contribution to this country.
What is ironic in Habib’s column is the bit about letting "universities be used as political footballs". Are we going back to the apartheid years?
I was on Wits campus in 1981 when (mostly white) students demonstrating against apartheid were stopped by police before damage occurred. No more. - Rob Wilson
If everybody is getting degrees now, who will do the manual work in 20 years’ time? We will sit with a generation of highly qualified people hoping for jobs. - Paul Botha
Habib was the one who said students must go to the president for free education. Now that Zuma has given students free education, he has a problem with it ... Vusi SoThenjiwe Mrholozi
Steinhoff’s largest shareholder won’t be selling its stake just yet — because there simply isn’t enough information available.
White collar crime. Insider trading. Greed. Corruption. If you want a lavish lifestyle, you must earn it and not steal it. The thieves have earned a lifestyle in prison, I believe. - Malcolm Benjamin
It’s amazing, when one is wealthy, like Markus Jooste, how long these investigations take. Lock him up because what he did is criminal. - Ampie Louw
One man does not do this on his own. His whole board is responsible and must be held equally accountable. - Fred Koch
The ball is now in Ramaphosa’s court.
I hope people understand that Ramaphosa has to take things slowly — in spite of the impatience and anger of so many. - Rose Jackson
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