Ministry owes UZ $7m in cadetship fees

A Parliament report tabled in the House of Assembly last week showed that the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education owed the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) $7 202 455 in fees arrears for students under the Cadetship Support Scheme (CSS).

Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Higher Education Siyabonga Ncube, who presented the report, said there was also lack of academic freedom disclosing that State security agents roaming the institution intimidated students, while draconian pieces of legislation like the Public Order and Security Act (Posa) were giving departmental heads excessive powers over students.

“The ministry owes the UZ $7 202 455 in fees arrears for students catered for under the CSS and there are slightly over 5 500 students under the CSS,” read the report.

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