Blade considers centralising admissions
MINISTER of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande wants to introduce a central application system for universities.
SADDENED: Minister Blade NzimandeYesterday, police confirmed that a 48-year-old woman was crushed to death at the University of Johannesburg and 22 other people were injured, two critically.
They had been involved in a stampede at the campus as thousands of potential students tried to apply for the last few places available yesterday. The institution has decided to cancel late registrations.
Nzimande said: "We are considering discontinuing walk-ins at registration time at universities. Our aim for a centralised application office to be operational in 2013."
The applications office will handle all higher education applications in one office and will carry one application fee.
Registration at the UJ campus was cancelled. Registrar Professor Marle Muller said they had received 7000 late applications since Monday.
Nzimande advised students to go to further education and training colleges.
Johannesburg metro police, the South African Police Service and the Johannesburg disaster management unit had to be deployed to manage the main entrance to the Bunting Road campus of the UJ.
The woman, who was the mother of a prospective student, was killed when the crowd stormed the entrance when gates opened. UJ security services were forced to open the main gate, with some people jumping over the spiked pallisade fencing because they were being crushed.
The National, Education, Health and Allied Workers Union blamed the chaos at UJ on the lack of adequate career guidance at school level and a lack of confidence in FETs.
ApelMankotsana
The only problem with our government is that it is very reactive. They wait for an incident to happen and then respond to it....instead of putting prior contigency measures in place before the happening..We shall wait for the full details of the central application centre proposed by the 'Red Wine" Minister but i am afraid it is just going to be yet another red bereaucratic tape.Report Abuse
Dinamanama
Last year you said we dont have crisis and now you want to step in because someone died.Your new name is BLAME NZIMANDE,you drunkardReport Abuse
bhekiDprofessor1
Seriously I will never send my child to FET college. . . . I have not confidentce in that system of education, unless I want my child an operator at some private firm manufacturing Chinese inferior products for people surviving on Gov. grant!!.Trevors NPC must somehow be looked at. . . i think it says sometihg about the building on universities in provinces that are short.
Unisa can help by beefing up contact tutor line and expand to Townships and increase their intake. This will aid minimise the 180 000 student how may not have varsity entrance this and next year.
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NDA
Zuma must give back the Portfolio to Naledi Pandoor that mama is a killer when it comes to tertiary,she wa once a lecturer at UNIBO former Bophuthatswana,this one is a drunken stupor.Report Abuse
kudi
I wish they can appoint you Apel to put it place, - its going to take 5 years to be running@ApelMankotsana
The only problem with our government is that it is very reactive. They wait for an incident to happen and then respond to it....instead of putting prior contigency measures in place before the happening..We shall wait for the full details of the central application centre proposed by the 'Red Wine" Minister but i am afraid it is just going to be yet another red bereaucratic tape
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MorenaWaPolelo
Kudi whats your point??? Apel is right this drunk socialist is part of the reactionist government, now someone is without a mom and he start reacting. This socialist fool is under the impression that we can not see that he is not doing his job but wines and dines in Sheraton Hotel. Zuma must show him the door!!!Report Abuse
Krizalidmuvenda
Bloody Agent's " Blade considers centralising admissions "after some1 died is than that you "consider"
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Hosinkulu
Mr Minister I think u must resign as minister of high education because just like your boss (Zuma) you lack vision to transform high eduction in our country. u keep talking about FET's instead of building universities for the young ones to get better education. Our standard of education is going down because of these FET's and u r encouraging young ones to enrol at the FET's. How many PhD's have been produced through FET's? This is the time we are suppose to compete with other countries like Japan by producing highly learned idividuals so that your chinesse friend will stop producings things for us but we produce them ouirselvesReport Abuse
STIROH
Arg its clear that we dont have enough infrastructure for all our matriculants....so we should just limit foreigners intake..now some1 lost a parent because of our stupidity.....
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