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12 000 students drop out of colleges - ZINASU
12 Apr 2016 at 10:41hrs | Views
The Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has said about 12 000 students from the country's various tertiary institutions have been forced to drop out of school or defer their studies in the face of the deteriorating economic and political climate.
Zinasu said cited the ever skyrocketing tertiary institution fee which are beyond the reach of the majority who live under the poverty datum line.
"The majority of students in Zimbabwe are faced with debilitating financial constraints as most have civil servant and informal sector backed economic backgrounds," Zinasu secretary-general Makomborero Haruzivishe said.
"Institutions like Zimbabwe School of Mines are charging $2 000 for tuition fees, Solusi University $ 1 500, National University of Science and Technology $800.
"At the University of Zimbabwe this semester alone, 2 800 students have either deferred or dropped out of school altogether due to tuition fee barriers. Great Zimbabwe University has 1 370 students' deferments or dropouts, including almost 200 final year students ...
"In teachers colleges, a total of 8 000 have been affected by the high tuition fees plague. In polytechnic colleges, some programmes ...have been stopped as only four students only managed to pay tuition fees to register," Haruzivishe said.
Zinasu said cited the ever skyrocketing tertiary institution fee which are beyond the reach of the majority who live under the poverty datum line.
"The majority of students in Zimbabwe are faced with debilitating financial constraints as most have civil servant and informal sector backed economic backgrounds," Zinasu secretary-general Makomborero Haruzivishe said.
"At the University of Zimbabwe this semester alone, 2 800 students have either deferred or dropped out of school altogether due to tuition fee barriers. Great Zimbabwe University has 1 370 students' deferments or dropouts, including almost 200 final year students ...
"In teachers colleges, a total of 8 000 have been affected by the high tuition fees plague. In polytechnic colleges, some programmes ...have been stopped as only four students only managed to pay tuition fees to register," Haruzivishe said.
Source - Herald
