Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) President Obert Masaraure, Vice President Tafadzwa Kutya, Treasurer General Zivanai Muzorodzi and six other students were arrested yesterday at MSU following a protest over the arcane increment in fees of US$46. The Legal Affairs desk demands the immediate release of the apprehended student leaders.
The increment in fees was introduced this semester following the university authorities claiming that the increment will cater for the cost of generators that the institution bought on credit. Never in the history of tertiary education has been fees increased on such imprudent basis.
The University Act (1990) sets a provision for a fees ordinance that needs to be approved by the relevant ministry but the MSU authorities willy-nilly imposed the fees structure upon students despite the government having refused to approve such a diabolical act.
ZINASU is shocked by the silence of the Acting Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Herbert Murerwa over the move by MSU of passing a deaf ear over the call by the ministry to freeze college fees.
ZINASU emerge victors on Mutare Polytechnic scandal
Meanwhile Quantity Survey National Diploma Mutare Polytechnic 2009 students finally get hold of their results after frantic efforts by ZINASU to continuously pester the examining board (HEXCO) to speed up their investigations.
Some Mutare Polytechnic lecturers assisted some students in cheating which resulted in the examining board refusing to issue out results for this group of students.
The convicted students were made to fail, however the action that is going to be taken against the lecturers is still surrounded by mystery. The students who passed however have been forced to return to college for Higher National Diploma as HEXCO cites that the students did not get adequate education at ND for them to match the labour market demands.
Bruce Nezambe one of the affected students expressed his joy over ZINASU’s revolutionary stance of continuously fighting for the students’ concerns and has challenged students to also organize themselves and heed to the calls by the national students’ body.
Orientation Programmes
ZINASU has launched the Catch them young programme with orientation programmes having being done this week at the Bindura University of Science Education, Africa University, Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) and Chinhoyi University of Technology.
The Masvingo Provincial Executive spearheaded the process at GZU led by the Chairperson Godfrey Kurauone and that at Africa University was led by the Organizing Secretary Innocent Kafembe.
The National Executive delegation comprising of the President Obert Masaraure, Vice President Tafadzwa Kutya and the Treasurer General Zivanai Muzorodzi travelled to MSU on the 18th of August 2010 for orientation of part ones despite having failed to have done the programme last week.
A delegation comprising of the Deputy Sec General Welcome Zimuto, Spokesperson Grant Tabvurei and Samson Nxumalo with the assistance of the CUT SRC conducted an orientation programme for the first year students on Tuesday 17 August 2010.
Bindura University of Science Education was conducted by the Sports Secretary Sharon Manjere and the Secretary General Joshua Chinyere with the assistance of the BUSE SRC and the former SRC President Respect Ndanga.
Statement issued by ZINASU Information Department
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