Only government can fix funding problems - Max Price
26 October 2016
Cape Town - Government has not appreciated the urgent need to fix funding problems in the higher education sector, UCT vice-chancellor Max Price said on Wednesday.
"The problem we are dealing with is one only government can fix. Universities can't fix it on their own," he said outside Parliament.
Price was part of a large group of academics, parents, and university staff who handed over a memorandum demanding that universities and students be adequately funded.
He said government had planned to fix the sector, but its fees commission was taking a year-and-a-half, and policies would take a few years to draw up and implement.