FINAL-YR STUDENTS’ PROJECTS IN LIMBO

 MBABANE – The closure of the University of Swaziland will have serious repercussions for final-year students from the Luyengo Campus.
This is because while their campus remains closed and they are sitting at home, their projects are suffering.

This has been exacerbated by the fact that the campus administration has made it clear that the students were not allowed to make a stop at the campus to check on their projects or visit their supervisors.

Through a notice that was posted at the campus premises last week directed to different heads of department, the students got to know that they were actually not allowed to visit and monitor their research projects. “No student is allowed to consult with lecturers and enter the labs to conduct their experiments for their research projects. The closure of the university means that no student is allowed to enter the campus,” reads part of the notice.

This has dealt the students a huge blow as most of them were of the view that they would use the time they had while not in class to focus on their projects.
For the projects to run smoothly, students have to consult with their supervisors and further conduct different experiments.

Making the situation worse is the fact that the projects contribute about 60 per cent of the final mark for the students. Failure to pass in the projects means that students would have to repeat them. The Luyengo Campus houses the Faculty of Agriculture whose aim is to produce the much needed capacity by providing leadership and high quality education and research in the field of agriculture.

It offers programmes such as Agricultural and BioSystems Engineering, Agricultural Economics and Management, Agricultural Education and Extension, Animal Science , Consumer Sciences, Crop Production and Horticulture.
SRC President Sakhile Ndzimandze confirmed the challenge and said it was not fair for the administration to ban the students from visiting the school and argued that the projects were important.

“How can you be expected to pass well when you are sitting at home and not looking after your projects? The fact that the project contributes to the final mark means that most of the students will pass what they will write but fail the projects and be expected to repeat them. It shows that both the government and the administration do not care about our future,” said Ndzimandze.

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