Times Of Swaziland: MY RIGHT TO EDUCATION!

MY RIGHT TO EDUCATION!
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The Editor on 13/10/2017 00:13:00


Sir,
I have always thought that my education was something that no one could ever
take from me, but all that has changed. I am wondering how the country’s
ministers of labour and education go to sleep knowing that the dreams of about
900 students are being shattered.
One of the ministers is on record saying that a report mentioned that students
from the Swaziland Christian University (SCU) know only to inject dolls. This
surprised me because the report by the Swaziland Higher Education Council (SHEC)
said the nursing department of the institution was approved.
Another minister shocked me when she mentioned in Parliament that there were
students who had registered for first year at SCU. When our ministers talk like
this I then ask myself as to where this country is going to.
My wish is that the ministers who are working on the issue will tell the public
the truth and stop this propaganda act. Some of them are known to be Christian
which is why I did not expect them to act like this. I am wondering what the
students have done to the believers of the Free Evangelical Assemblies, these
being Minister of Health Sibongle Simelane, Minister of ICT Dumisani
Ndlangamandla and that of Commerce, Industry and Trade Jabulani Mabuza. I am
asking this question because the way they reacted in Parliament when the issue
was discussed left me confused.
I even wonder if you discussed it in your church that you do not want others to
prosper. Anyway, I do not know how you read the Bible but as Christians I know
that all of you own one so just read the Ten Commandments and meditate about the
verse which reads, “Thou shall not lie.”
You can also read Proverbs 19 verse 9. For Christ’s sake this institution was
going to rescue the troubled Ministry of Health by producing some of the much
needed health experts!
As for the Minister of Education and Training, I am pleading with you Sir to
come out clear on what exactly you want from the institution and stop saying
that there is nothing convincing for it to resume operations. Just mention the
things that you want to find at the institution. For example, if in the nursing
lab you were expecting to find a stethoscope and you did not just state it.
We were also shocked with the allegations that our lecturers are not qualified 
because they are the same lecturers who had previously been employed by other
local institutions like UNISWA, SCOT and SANU to mention a few. So are you
saying that all these institutions have unqualified lecturers?
We know that we can not reverse the decision to halt the operations of the
university because we do not have the authority but we also know that there is
someone above all, who sees us and hears our prayers. It might not be today or
tomorrow but he promised us in Proverbs 11 verse 21 to be assured that those who
do wrong to us will not go unpunished.
SCU completing student