Acting VC, Professor Sue Harrison wrote to the staff and students of the University of Cape Town in response to student protests having escalated on Friday following the institution's decision not to remove fee blocks for students with outstanding debts:
Acting vice-chancellor, Professor Sue Harrison wrote to the staff and students of the University of Cape Town expressing that South African universities struggled with fee blocks and financial exclusions every year.
Harrison said the objective of the letter was to provide some context around the discussions the UCT executive had with the Students’ Representative Council to ensure that as many academically eligible students be able to continue the academic year without interruption and traumatic protests. During Friday’s mass meeting that took place on campus, students demanded that Harrison leave and began shouting “Sue must fall” and “Sue must go”, as reported byIn the letter, Harrison stressed that “UCT cannot maintain a financially sustainable university under such conditions of financial insecurity” thus the implementation of UCT’s council-approved “fee block” policy is necessary to deliver quality education.
“We remain committed to supporting financially vulnerable students through a series of measures that we have communicated previously. As a result, about 4,100 students who started this year with fee blocks have been able to register for the 2023 academic year. UCT has budgeted R355 million for student financial aid in 2023 – more than doubling the allocation over 2022, even though the university is operating on a significant deficit budget for 2023,” she continued.
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