SA varsity students protest rising fees

Students in South Africa continue protests over university fees despite the president vowing to freeze increases - some students now want free education.

South African university students burned tyres and barricaded entrances  to one campus on Tuesday in continued protest at administrators' plans to raise tuition fees next year.

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Some higher learning institutions’ students in Dar es Salaam will be locked out of October General Election after they failed to register because the exercise started in Dar es Salaam when they were already on holidays. Speaking in Dar es Salaam during a symposium, which brought together higher learning students to discuss the role of young people in election, they expressed their anger towards the National Electoral Commission (NEC) for not considering students when preparing the...

The government has announced that it will not allow graduates it sponsors to go abroad for work or prolonged studies unless they clear their student loans.

Medical students postpone studies over fees
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OVER 70 students at Hubert Kairuki Memorial University may not be allowed to sit for their university examinations which started on Friday due to failure to settle tuition fees. The university's management in a letter signed by the Vice Chancellor, Prof Keto ...

>After graduating from high school, many students are ecstatic at the thought of finally enrolling into a university. Having gone through the same phase, I can assure you that the excitement stems from the anticipation for the freedom that university life has to offer.

Isles varsity students default on loan repayment to board
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MANY students who received loans for higher learning have not settled their debts, the Zanzibar Higher Education Loans Board (ZHELB) Director, Mr Iddi Khamis Haji, has said. He said that only 1bn/- out of 29bn/- loaned to the students in the past ten ...

The National Electoral Commission (NEC) said yesterday it was not responsible with arrangements that may cause thousands of higher education students to be locked out of the October 25 General Election.