Students to boycott classes over high fees

By Thulani Ncube

The Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) has called on students countrywide to boycott lectures in protest at what they feel are exorbitant tuition fees charged at colleges and universities.

ZINASU President Clever Bere said, “We have been at all state colleges and universities countrywide, drumming up support from the students ahead of the nationwide demonstrations that start on Wednesday.”

Bere added that, “As ZINASU, we are saying a big no to the privatisation of education, we are saying we can’t have our colleagues being forced to drop studies because of lack of fees,” he added, noting that the protests will be held under the banner – National Campaign Against the Privatisation of Education in Zimbabwe (NACAPEZ).”

The students are not happy with tuition fee structures that have seen many pay anything from US$450 to US$1200 depending on the course.

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