A discussion on HE transformation is unending, yet that only serves as an indictment on our incoming government to bring change. Transformation in context of HE education is Beyound a mere appointment of black VC and top management, it implies overhauling system that were previously meant for the enjoyment and advancement of the fortunate few to bring about systems and process that cater for the working class descendent's. It is the very meaning to re installation of human dignity through friendly institutional assessment policy,curriculum restructuring and academic throughput which embraces a true essence of graduatednes.
I am skeptical to discuss how black academics turn to become once they ascend levels of leadership within our HE institutions, they demand to disenfranchise the very institutions from the country and its government and thus reduce them to own entities; the ostensibly do this in the name of trying to spark 'academic independence and production of knowledge'. The reality is that such VC have no record of producing new knowledge in such institutions, an observation is that since the likes of my own VC ( Pityane )took office research output plampted. Then what new knowledge are they producing? This debate is far from over, yet many of us seem disinterested in it, I had expected to see that the likes of K. Pasha whom I first knew due to his robust engagements through which he took the minter of education to task at the conference organised by the former Technikon South Africa.Certainly they have exited the student movement yet their inputs on such a matter can bring some vigor into the discussion. Lets us remember register our partners,siblings and parents over the weekend to deepen our democracy in society! Tshego George Choshane > Dear Cde's, > > I have been listening and observing very close the utterances and the > behaviours potrayed by many of our Higher Education Institution > Vice-Chancellors on the South African democratic transition pre/post > -polokwane, this was involuntary due to the fact of them being the heads > of such institutions vital to the developmental society. As we approach > a period where some Vice-Chancellors contracts are close to an end, mine > will be; in all these developments of splinters and so on we must be > alert as to ensure that we do not reverse the gains by employing the > wrong tools to do the job. > > Let us therefore start to debate: > Deepening Higher Education Transformation: Are we in unity torwards > 2012? How do we ensure that the process of the Vice Chancellors > selection become more democratic? > > Comrade ANC President Jacob Zuma was denied a platform by the VC and SRC > President of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology to address the > students; Mr JJ Tabane was the one preffered but they ended up not > bringing none of the two; now Mr Tabane is the Guest speaker of the > Function organised by the institution. > > UNISA VC is the Head of the Deployment committee of COPE, and many many > tendencies around the country. > > Kindly not; > > M. Nikani > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- South Africas premier free email service - www.webmail.co.za ------------------------------------------------------------------ For super low premiums, click here http://home.webmail.co.za/dd.pwm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
