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Catastrophe in Zimbabwe Polytechnic colleges
Zimbabwe
National Students Union (ZINASU)
May 26, 2011
Students wishing
to write examinations at Polytechnic Colleges across the country
are faced with a bleak future after authorities announced that registration
for HEXCO examinations closes on 27 May 2011. Students with fees
arrears are being barred from registering with HEXCO a condition
that has left the majority of students stranded.
Fees at Polytechnics range from US$600-US$1200 per year which is
way beyond the reach of many students. Students coming from Industrial
attachment are the most affected as they are expected to pay full
tuition for the year they were on attachment and the full fees for
this term. HEXCO is charging US$10 per subject and most students
on average write 7 subjects.
Speaking to the ZINASU Information department SRC leaders from all
the polytechnics have condemned the administrators for failing to
respect the right to education for students and called upon ZINASU
to urgently intervene. Masvingo Polytechnic SRC president Absai
Vasivenyu declared that students at his institution will not hesitate
to repeat what they did last year when they were confronted with
the same crisis. Students at Masvingo Poly last year physically
assaulted the Principal at that Institution who latter allowed all
students to register over the weekend of 29 -30 May 2010 without
paying fees.
ZINASU has instructed Polytechnic Administrators to allow students
to register for HEXCO without full payment of fees since HEXCO is
an independent entity from their troubled Institutions. In a communique
distributed to all polytechnics ZINASU President Obert Masaraure
declared a jihad to all authorities if a single student is barred
from registering and eventually writing exams.
ZINASU calls for the reintroduction of the loan and grant scheme
as a lasting solution to the challenge of student funding.
Visit the ZINASU
fact
sheet
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