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ZINASU gives government an ultimatum
Zimbabwe
National Students Union (ZINASU)
October 04, 2010
Zimbabwe National
Students Union (ZINASU) National Executive Council (NEC) met on
Sunday 3 October and resolved that the government of Zimbabwe must
usher reforms in the education sector before the 18th of October
or the students will indefinitely disengage from institutions of
Higher learning until a fresh start is achieved.
The 23 member
NEC comprising 11 members elected from National Congress and 12
members two from each of the 6 administrative regions of ZINASU
declared the 18th of October as the D-Day when all Institutions
of Higher learning shall be forced to close by the voluntary withdrawal
of all students. This declaration is in line with the "fresh
start by January 2011 campaign" which seeks to achieve
a robust and just education sector. The declaration comes barely
a week after ZINASU President Obert Masaraure wrote to the President,
Prime Minister, Finance Minister, Higher Education Minister, all
Vice Chancellors and all Principals in Zimbabwe tabling the demands
of students and the action ZINASU is going to embark on.
ZINASU is demanding:
- The reintroduction
of loan and grant system
- Accountable
administrators that will not abuse funds meant to develop our
campuses
- A curricular
compatible to the realities of our society
- The reinstatement
of all suspended and expelled students including reparations for
these traumatized victims and respect for academic rights and
freedoms
- Professional
Vice Chancellors and Principals appointed on the basis of merit
not loyalty to Mugabe or Mudenge
- The opening
of the halls of residence at the University
of Zimbabwe and the provision of accommodation at other institutions.
Meanwhile ZINASU
is demanding the immediate release of the duo of Samson Nxumalo
and Archiford Mudzengi who were remanded in custody on Thursday
30 September 2010 to the 16th of October for trumped up charges
as the state tries to intimidate students ahead of the mass action.
Visit
the ZINASU fact
sheet
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