I beg to differ with this statement that Education Ministry has no plans in working towards a free education,the current education ministry has for the 1st time in history focussed intensively on FET colleges,affording every child to study freely with Nsfas bursaries on all N-courses which they dont have to repay
Sent from my iPad -----Original Message----- From: Castro Ngobese Sent: 29/04/2012 13:19:43 Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] SASCO DEMANDS FREE EDUCATION FOR ALL SASCO DEMANDS FREE EDUCATION FOR ALL! 29 April 2012 The South African Students Congress (SASCO) has been in the forefront of the struggle fortransformation of higher education and further training. We have for the past20 years been consistent in our call for free quality higher education and further training for all. The commoditisation and commercialisation of education remains the biggest challenge in higher education and society in general. Many of our people, largely from poor and working class backgrounds, are denied access to higher education simply because they do not have the monetary means to buy education. The ANC has historically rejected the libertarian notion that free education is a private good that should be subjected to the market forces. The 1942 ANC Africa’s Claim document—which was adopted by the ANC National Congress on 16 December 1943—unambiously states that the state has a duty to provide education to the ‘African Child’. The 1942 Africa’s Claim states that: ‘The education of the African is a matter of national importance requiring state effort for its realisation. The right of the African child to education, like children ofother sections, must be recognised as a state duty and responsibility’. In2007, the historic 52nd ANC Polokwane congress resolved that free education must be introduced progressively. Resolution 44 of the Polokwane Congress states that ANC the will ‘progressively introduce free education for the poor until under graduate level’. Resolution 46 further places more emphasis on education: ‘Education must be prioritised as one of the most important programmes in the next five years’. We are perturbed that despite the ANC Polokwane Congress resolution on progressive realisation of free education, the Ministry of Higher Education and Training does not have a cogent plan on how free education is to beprogressively realised. This simply implies that the fervour and pace at which the realisation of free education de Email truncated to 2,000 characters -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
