[lg policy] Democratic Alliance comes to the defence of the University of Stellenbosch ’s language policy.

[Kirk Person]

On Sep 5, 2009, at 11:08 PM, Harold Schiffman wrote:

> DA backs Maties language policy
>
> Chantall Presence | Yesterday
>
> The Democratic Alliance has come to the defence of the University of
> Stellenbosch’s language policy. On Thursday, the party released its
> position paper on higher education which focuses on increasing the
> number of graduates the country produces. The DA believes higher
> learning institutions should have the final say on the language of
> instruction for students.  Member of Parliament Wilmot James defended
> Stellenbosch, which has come under attack for its language policy. It
> has been accused of using Afrikaans to exclude certain students.
>
> James pointed out that the University’s language policy responded to
> the demand in the Western Cape, which has a 60 percent
> Afrikaans-speaking population. "The state must not bully universities.
> It must respect the independence of these institutions to allow them
> to go through the internal processes to make this decision."  Wilmot
> added the state should, however, intervene where supply and demand
> were seriously out of balance.
>
> http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=21240
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