Black students still suppressed - Vavi2011-01-21 22:12
Johannesburg - Black students are still suppressed, Congress of SA
Trade Unions general secretary *Zwelinzima
Vavi*<http://www.whoswhosa.co.za/user/1936>said on Friday.
"They give you D's so that you do not proceed further with your studies and
others unjustifiably collect A's, but always know what this is meant to
do... destroy your confidence in your own intellect," he said.
"But what you must never allow, comrades, as you fight against these
practices, is to let them instil in you a sense of self-doubt, a lack of
confidence in your intellect."
Vavi was speaking at the launch of the the SA Students' Congress (Sasco)
"Right To Learn Campaign" in Stellenbosch.
"...I think you should not let up on the continued suppression of black
students in general and African students in particular.
"This Right to Learn Campaign must escalate the issue of preferential
treatment and discrimination ... so that those discriminated against are
blocked from proceeding further with their studies," Vavi said, adding that
the biggest threat of all was the remnants of neo-liberal macroeconomic
policies.
He told those in attendance that they shoulnt be surprised to hear that all
promises made to the tertiary education sector have been rolled over to the
next administration.
"Therefore you should use this Right to Learn Campaign as a platform to
launch your own engagement process with the government’s new growth path."
Vavi said administrative injustices were still rampant in many institutions.
"The role of the revolutionary student movement in this conjuncture must be
to serve as an 'ear on the ground' for the ANC-led government."
There was also a need to expand the entire tertiay education system, he
said.
- SAPA
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