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The DA says the decision to close four Educor Colleges is a blow to the private higher education sector and the party’s Shadow Minister of Higher Education Chantel King said these institutions are instrumental to filling the gap of access to higher education.
King said the deregistering of Lyceum College, Damelin, CityVarsity and Icesa City Campus, by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) after Educor’s failure to submit its 2020 and 2021 annual financial certificates and annual reports, as well as a host of other concerns, was causing students severe stress while also relegating its staff to unemployment lines.
“Educor’s demise must serve as a lesson to the Minister of Higher Education, Dr Blade Nzimande, and his Department to tackle similar concerns at public higher education and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) to root out the precedent of flouting laws and rules without fear of consequence
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