<div dir="ltr"><h3 id="DailyNewsHeadline">UP lecturers must comply with language policy - AfriForum Tuks</h3>
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Morné Mostert |
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07 March 2016
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Organisation says it has information that certain deans are already trying to implement the English-only policy
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<p><b><span lang="EN-GB">UP lecturers must comply with language policy, says AfriForum Tuks</span></b></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-GB">7 March 2015</span></b><span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">AfriForum Tuks sent a letter to the University of
Pretoria in which it points out that the University may not present
modules in a manner that is inconsistent with the language policy. This
follows after AfriForum Tuks obtained information that certain deans
already attempt to implement the English Only policy despite a decision
by the Council that the language policy process must start all over
again.</span><span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">“The University’s management should inform
lecturers that the old language policy is still in force because the
language policy’s reviewing process has to start over again. We cannot
have a situation where the University is busy reviewing the policy, but
faculty heads apply a different language policy in practice,” said Morné
Mostert, AfriForum Youth’s National Project Coordinator.</span><span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">These facts agree with a similar situation at the
University of Stellenbosch, where AfriForum Youth submitted an
application to Court to compel heads of faculties to adhere to the
language policy.</span><span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">The Council of the University of Pretoria is the
only body that can formally change the language policy. The Council can
only take this decision after consultation with all concerned parties
and after a proposal by the Language Committee. This process will enable
the Council to make an informed decision.</span><span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">“AfriForum Tuks will monitor the situation and
communicate further with University and Faculty Management to ensure
that no student is discriminated against.”</span><span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Join AfriForum Youth by sending an SMS with “Tuks” to 32687 (R1 per SMS).</span><span></span></p>
<p><i>Statement issued by Morné Mostert, National Project Coordinator, AfriForum Youth, 7 March 2016</i></p>
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