Wits SRC rejects some of university’s concessions and is set to continue with protest: Despite marathon meetings at the weekend, students at the University of the Witwatersrand on Monday vowed to continue with their protests, saying Wits failed to…
She said they were managing the situation as best as they could and while they continue to find solutions to the systemic challenges, the behaviour of students was unacceptable as a means to resolve conflict.“We will continue to engage but also preserve the integrity of the academic project, the safety of our staff and students and the university’s infrastructure. It is also important for the academic programme to continue,” she said.
“All student facing services are expected to continue and staff members who serve students are expected to be at work. All essential services staff members are required to report to work.”After extensive engagement between SRC and university management to resolve the impasse, students rejected some e concessions.Among the list of demands, the SRC demanded that all students who were registered in 2022 and are academically eligible to return to Wits should be allowed to register.
The university will, however, on a case-by-case basis for 2023 only and based on resource availability, consider the requests for registration assistance from unregistered students with a proceed with no conditions attached outcome only.This will further only be applicable to students seeking to register for the programme for which they were registered for the 2022 academic year, and not for registration towards new programmes, part-time and/or occasional studies.
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