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<h1 class="gmail-post-title">De la Rey: Key issue for universities is funding</h1>
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<div class="gmail-rich-text"><p>Vice-Chancellor of the University of Pretoria,
Prof. Cheryl de la Rey told Jacaranda FM that they need to wait for the
outcomes of various processes before changing TUKS' language policy. </p></div>
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Published: <time>Aug. 30, 2016, 7:42 a.m.</time>
by MornéJK
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<div class="gmail-block-paragraph"><div class="gmail-rich-text"><p>This comes after various protests against Afrikaans as a language of instruction at the institution.<br></p><p><br></p><p>De
la Rey said, in an interview with the Complimentary Breakfast's Rian
van Heerden, that they are awaiting the outcome of an ongoing court case
before they can look at implementing any changes to the current
language policy.</p><p><br></p><p>"When this process started I indicated
to everyone that there is a regulatory process to be followed. What
that requires is that the Minister of Higher Education and Training to
change the statute of the University of Pretoria."</p><p><br></p><p>She
added that TUKS' statue specifies the language of tuition and that this
needs to change before any policy changes could be looked at.</p><p><br></p><p>"The
contestation is around the right to education in any of the official
languages and we have to wait for the outcome before implementing
changes," she told host, Rian van Heerden.</p><p><br></p><p><b><a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.jacarandafm.com/news-sport/news/commission-inquiry-tertiary-fees-submit-report-zuma/">ALSO READ: Commission of Inquiry on tertiary fees to submit report to Zuma</a></b></p><p><br></p><p>De
la Rey also touched on free education and said the key issue is funding
for Universities because tuition fees are their main source of income.</p><p><br></p><p>"At
the moment government is saying to us that they realise there is a need
to fund universities better but they are not able to increase funding
in the current economic climate," de la Rey said.</p><p><br></p><p>She
reiterated that throughout the schooling system in South Africa there is
a fee, and therefore it should it not be unreasonable to charge a fee
for universities.</p><p><br></p><p>"We have looked at models where we
look at students and classify them according a differentiated fee model,
which will mean that you will have to pay according to what your family
can afford."</p><p><a href="https://www.jacarandafm.com/news-sport/news/de-la-rey-key-issue-universities-funding/">https://www.jacarandafm.com/news-sport/news/de-la-rey-key-issue-universities-funding/</a><br></p></div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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