Education stakeholders to meet in Pretoria
Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training and the Select Committee on Education will today meet the University Council Chairs in Pretoria on plans to save the academic year.
The Committees will also receive a briefing from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO).
The Committees are in Gauteng conducting oversight visit as a result of the Fees Must Fall movement and protests that flared up on university campuses across the country.
This while protests are continuing in KwaZulu-Natal where nine students were arrested for public violence at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Westville campus.
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Students remain resolute in their demand for free higher education while government has instituted a so-called fees commission to look into the best possible way forward.
Meanwhile, the Johannesburg Magistrates Court will today rule on #FeesMustFall leader Mcebo Dlamini's bail application.
Dlamini was arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning. He faces 5 charges that include assault, theft and malicious damage to property. Protesting students have accused the police of targeting leaders and jailing them in order to stifle the movement.