Universities South Africa, the body representing the country’s university vice-chancellors, says it has asked for a 5% hike in tuition fees and 7% for hostel fees.
Speaking to eNCA, Universities South Africa chief executive Ahmed Bawa says that fees would need to increase by 5% just to cover basic inflation-linked costs. Consumer Price Inflation data published by Statistics South Africa on Wednesday shows that inflation increased to 5.9% in December 2021. Bawa added that if fees are less than inflation, there would be erosion in the buying power of universities. He added that a significant part of a university’s purchases are dollar or pound-based, with the rand weakening also leading to additional costs. “Our calculations indicate that the Higher Education Price Index is in the order of 1-2% higher than CPI.”
University students will be paying more for tuition and residence. The Higher Education department is proposing that the country’s 26 universities increase fees for this year by 4.3-percent for tuition
Education should be free.
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