Nzimande and ANC’s inaction responsible for funding crisis
Comments made by the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Blade Nzimande, that the private sector should fund the shortfall in tertiary education is nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt to shift blame away from his and the ANC’s inaction in addressing the crisis that has swept our tertiary institutions and negatively affected our students.
Government’s inaction on this funding crisis is likely to see 8 universities bankrupt. This indicates the depths to which government’s management of our higher learning institutions has sunk.
Minister Nzimande let slip to the Sunday Times yesterday that that eight universities are on the verge of bankruptcy and will require bailouts. He left it at that.
The simple truth is that there is money that can be used if the ANC and Minister Nzimande got their priorities right. This should have happened several years ago when the Minister was warned of the impending crisis that now threatens to see 8 universities bankrupt. This disastrous inaction will only hurt the students who desperately need education.