UFS supports free education for the poor - acting vice chancellor
28 September 2016
Bloemfontein – The University of the Free State's acting vice chancellor, Professor Nicky Morgan, told a group of protesting students on Tuesday that the institution supports free education for the poor.
Morgan was responding to a memorandum which included the demand for no fee increases in 2017 at the institution, no de-registration of students, and for the academic calendar to be extended due to the protest. The memorandum was handed to him on Monday.
Morgan said the university also supported students who protested peacefully.
"The conduct of protesting students this past week has not warranted any action from the university as it was peaceful and it did not spill over into any public spaces, unlike the protest action in October 2015," he said.