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FEES MUST FALL AT SANU

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MANZINI – Students of the Southern Africa Nazarene University (SANU) engaged in a protest action yesterday, demanding the reduction of fees charged by the university.


They staged an unexpected protest in the morning yesterday, before gathering for a meeting to discuss the same issue.
They said the university charged high fees that were far off from the Christian principles and values that were the foundation of the institution. 
The fees that they want the university to decrease include the tuition fee, which they said was E15 500 for a degree programme.


They are demanding that this fee be lowered to E12 000, an amount they said was equivalent to what was charged by the University of Swaziland for a similar course.
They are also demanding that the university waives the late fees payment penalty of E112 that students are charged for each day that passes without payment being made to the school.


About 400 students who are part-time scholars, are enrolled in the institution’s Bachelor of Education Degree (primary and secondary school) programme.
They usually have their lessons on Saturdays and school holidays.
What began as a normal school day yesterday ended in chaos as students vacated classes and took to the corridors and premises of the university, marching in protest of the fees.
The protest began at around 9am.


All classes were stopped and lecturers were left stranded in class, with no one to teach.
After about two hours of protest action, filled with dance and song, the student leadership urged the students to convene in the university auditorium.
That is where they held a meeting to discuss their grievances and planning how these would be conveyed to the administration.
Other grievances that were raised at the meeting include the provision of free learning aids.
These include free internet services.

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