Anatomy of students� protests

In educationist Edward Tswaipe’s view, the problems started when the government, with the hope of affording more students access to tertiary education as well as reducing costs associated with sending students to study outside the country, gave private institutions accreditation. Despite this, many did not meet the required standards.

“The idea was that as government would be sponsoring students in these institutions, they would overtime get their houses in order, but a lot of them never actually did that,” he said.