Govt retreats on education

Thursday, April 30, 2009

The government has revised up its decision to sponsor only 4, 600 students to nearly 9, 000 students and reduced the cut-off point from 40 points to 36 points for consideration for sponsorship at tertiary institutions.

At a press conference yesterday, Vice President Mompati Merafhe said the government was committed to educating citizens, hence it had heeded the public outcry against the earlier decision announced just before the Easter weekend.

Merafhe explained that the P317 million budgetary allocation for sponsoring students was not enough. "(We (therefore) went to the UB Foundation and borrowed P115 million which we have to return in a year," he said.

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Govt retreats on education

The government has revised up its decision to sponsor only 4, 600 students to nearly 9, 000 students and reduced the cut-off point from 40 points to 36 points for consideration for sponsorship at tertiary institutions.