all blacklisted students On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 6:33 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> That's great hey!! For all students-does it apply to those that have > already completed too?? > > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > ------------------------------ > *From: *Mafika Damane Mndebele <[email protected]> > *Sender: *[email protected] > *Date: *Thu, 26 May 2011 16:40:53 +0200 > *To: *yclsa-press<[email protected]>; yclsa-eom-forum< > [email protected]> > *ReplyTo: *[email protected] > *Subject: *[YCLSA Discussion] YCL Welcomes Announcement by Minister > Nzimande to remove blacklisted > > *Media statement * > > *26 May 2011* > > *YCL Welcomes Announcement by Minister Nzimande to remove blacklisted > students* > > The Young Communist League of South Africa [uFasimba] welcomes the > announcement today in Parliament by the Minister of Higher Education, Dr. > Blade Nzimande, that students who have been blacklisted and therefore in the > credit beraux for owing the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) > will be removed with immediate effect. > > The Minister was presenting his department’s Budget Vote for 2011. > > As the YCL, we believe that this move will allow millions of students to be > able to enter the job market and be economically active. In many instances, > students have not been able to get jobs because they were blacklisted due to > the fact that they owe students fees, and conversely could not pay their > debts. > > *Student Housing* > > The YCL also welcomes the allocation of more than R686 million to > universities for student housing. Over the years, students’ academic > performance has been affected by strikes based on the demand for student > housing. Thousands of students have been victims of terrible and unhygienic > accommodation posing a negative effect on their education. While we welcome > this we believe that this money is not enough compared to the backdrop of > Student housing shortages estimated at 20 billion Rand. > > *Foundation programmes* > > We also welcome the announcement of R421 million dedicated for foundation > programmes to assist students from poor backgrounds so that we increase the > output rate of universities. Last year, we drew the attention of the country > to the difficulties experienced by first year learners in university as a > result of poor preparation from the schooling system. > > This has resulted in universities unfairly increasing their admission point > systems, and thus excluding thousands of students. We hope to see an > improvement in access to universities by student from historically > disadvantaged communities. > > *New Universities* > > We further welcome the disbandment of the merger between the University of > Limpopo and MEDUNSA, and the creation of a new medical institution in > Limpopo. This has been one of the major examples of how some of the mergers > were a failure, and has disadvantaged many of our students. > > On the announcements made by the Minister today with regards to the > building of universities in Mpumalanga and Northern Cape, we call on the > task teams instituted for this purpose to hasten this process and ensure > that the universities are built as speedily as possible. > > *Nzimande the most hard working Minister in President Zuma’s > administration* > > As an organisation we are quite energized by the high level of commitment > and hard work on the part of the Minister, his performance continues to set > an example for all other communists deployed in Parliament to tirelessly > work for our people. The fact that the Minister had convened three summits > since the last budget speech proves that he is a man who believes in > collective wisdom. > > *We demand Jobs for Youth * > > In line with our call of Jobs creation for Youth, the goals of the > Department are located within the overall objectives of prioritising Job > creation, New Growth Path, the Industrial policy Action Plan II and Human > Resources Development Strategy. > > The department has also came with different measures to ensure that young > people aquire necessary skills which are needed by the economy, this will > undoubtedly lead to Job creation for the Youth. The access programme, > increase in NSFAS location and FETs programs will see more young people > acquire skills for employment. > > *Free education in our life time* > > This year the Minister will spend R5, 4 billion in loans and bursaries, > which is double the R2, 7 million of last year. The Minister has also > tripled FET Colleges bursaries, with R1, 235 billion allocated to > financially need and academically capable students, this will be in a form > of 100% bursary which will benefit more than 169 000 students. > > We also welcome the fact that students will no longer be charged interest > while still studying and that 200 million will be available in a form of the > loan for students who have completed their studies but due to outstanding > fees have not graduated. > > All these and many other pronouncements by the Minister give hope to the > working class Youth. However we are still waiting for the day when the > Minister announces Free Education for the sons and daughters of the working > class and we will continue to engage with the Department in this regard. The > foundation has been laid, let us all march towards the attainment of Fee > Education. > > Issued by YCLSA > > For more information please contact Mafika Mndebele (National Spokesperson) > > Landline: (011) 339 3621 > Cellphone: 073 574 5953 > Cellphone: 082 567 3557 > Email: [email protected] > > -- > 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] . > > -- > You are subscribed. 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