Botho University students petition Madigele

Thursday, March 16, 2017

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Disgruntled Botho University students yesterday petitioned the Minister of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology, Dr Alfred Madigele over the ongoing programmes’ accreditation tussle, the quality of courses and general student welfare issues.

The appeal, which was delivered by the Student Representative Council (SRC) vice president Oarabile Setime, at the Ministry headquarters, entailed a number of grievances pertaining to their learning conditions.

The written petition accuses most courses of being poorly structured, littered with irrelevant modules as well as repetition of the same.

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Botho University students petition Madigele

Disgruntled Botho University students yesterday petitioned the Minister of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology, Dr Alfred Madigele over the ongoing programmes’ accreditation tussle, the quality of courses and general student welfare issues.

Selefu

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