Students disrupted classes on campus this week, demanding that those with historical debt be allowed to register.
CAPE TOWN - Students at the University of Cape Town said they would not back down from their demand that no student be left behind after the institution moved classes to online platforms amid ongoing demonstrations on campus.It said that it met with student leaders and agreed that if students owe under R10,000, they would be allowed to register.
"What we are advocating is for all academically capable students to have an opportunity to not only register but to have access to the housing," said Hlophe. "The institutions are applying their own internal arrangements with the students by signing the acknowledgment of debt," he said. The student union said that universities should not be pressuring students who had outstanding fees until NSFAS concluded their funding application process.
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