Student riots in South Africa

Is it possible to change universities without government funding? At the Second National Summit of Higher Education, held in Durban, the question of the necessary reforms to improve universities was raised.

University transformation is a pressing issue in South Africa. The co-organizer of the Durban University of Technology, in his program at the three-day national summit, intended to bring out all the exciting questions of stakeholders about the future future of higher education and set new goals for its development.

The problem of state funding for students took center stage in the discussion. On the first day of the summit, a demonstration was held on free higher education for poor students.

Students at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg continued the debate over the 10.5% inflation increase in 2016 and expressed their views on the recent strong protests against the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where the university buildings were set on fire.

The summit also discussed issues of racial discrimination and the lack of plans to improve and preserve the historic universities in Stellenbosch, Cape Town and Rhodes.

In addition, the subjects of discussion were: the development of a program for poor black students, a tax for wealthy people and corporations in favor of education, the formation of a new curriculum and raising the cultural level.