Dylan Bettencourt
Abafundi abathathu base-Wits University bazibulele emasontweni amathathu edlule.
UMkhandlu Omele Abafundi e-Wits (i-SRC) usole ukuzibulala ngezingcindezi ezingezona ezemfundo inyuvesi ezibeka kubafundi bayo, eseziqale ngamandla kusukela kuqale lolu bhubhane.
Izingqinamba ezinkulu zezezimali, ukuhlukaniswa komphakathi kanye nokukhanselwa ngokwezigaba konke lokhu kube nomthelela omkhulu empilweni yengqondo yabafundi selokhu kuqale ubhubhane.
Abafundi baphinde babe novalo ngokungakwazi ukuthola umsebenzi uma sebephothulile.
I-SRC ihlose ukususa umbono oyiphutha wokuthi abafundi bazibulala ngoba badonsa kanzima ezifundweni.
UMengameli we-SRC uMpendulo Mfeka uthe laba bafundi abathathu abazibulale benza kahle ezifundweni.
“Lo mfundi owenza unyaka wokugcina we-LLB ube namamaki angaphezu kuka-70%, umfundi we-BA dramatic arts ubenza unyaka wokugcina, kanti owesithathu ubenza i-Masters ye-pharmacy. Bebenza kahle, futhi bexhaswa kahle,” kusho uMfeka.
Uqhubeke wathi abafundi njengamanje babhekene nezinkinga ezidlula ingcindezi yezifundo zabo. UMfeka ugcizelele ukuthi okulindeleke kubafundi kukhulu kakhulu futhi bambalwa abafundi ababhekana nengcindezi yobhubhane lwe-Covid-19.
I-SRC icele inyuvesi ukuthi yehlise ingcindezi kubafundi.
“Uma umfundi ephazamisekile ngesikhathi sokubhala ngenxa kagesi noma yibuphi ubunzima, kumele anikezwe amahora angama-24 ukuthi abike ukuthi uhlangabezane nenselelo.”
UMfeka uphinde wathi i-SRC yathola izikhalazo eziningi ngemuva kokuthi isikole sokubalwa kwezimali sitshele abafundi baso ukuthi badinga ukuqinisekisa ukuthi banenethiwekhi eyanele futhi bathola ugesi ngesikhathi sesivivinyo.
Inyuvesi kusamele iphendule ngokuzibulala noma isitatimende se-SRC njengoba abafundi beqhubeka nokubhala izivivinyo ngesikhathi segagasi lesithathu elibuhlungu lokutheleleka nge-Covid-19.
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