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Tertiary ministry to decide SDA College fate

Douglas Letsholathebe, Minister of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology
Douglas Letsholathebe, Minister of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology

The future of many students at the Kanye Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) College of Nursing is hanging in the balance.

Students are agitated that the institution was privatised without their knowledge and now they are struggling to stay in school, especially those that self-sponsor. While students seem to be in the dark about what is going on, this publication has established that the Ministry of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology is currently studying a report that will give them direction on the matter.

The publication has established that some self-sponsored and government-sponsored students met with the Southern District Council chairperson Thamisani Chabalala and the Botswana Nurses Union representatives to put across their frustrations with the college.

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