Somebody is always paying.
— Mohale Ralebitso
It’s terribly undemocratic that the people who want to continue their studies are prevented from doing so.
— Mohale Ralebitso
The Black Business Council (BBC) has called for a considered solution to student protests over university fees that is sweeping across the country and which threaten to unnerve investors and hurt business confidence.
We need a solution which must protect the capacity of our universities to not only widen access, but to remain internationally competitive, dominant even.
— Mohale Ralebitso
The BBC proposes the following solutions:
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More technical colleges for skills the economy can use and universities to produce graduates fit for what business requires.
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More funding and tighter working relationship with business including - but not limited to - work rotation and experiential training while students are still at university.
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Repayments which do not burden poor graduates.
- Discussion over some form of a national service as implemented in other counties.
The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield interviewed BBC CEO Mohale Ralebitso.
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Damage to our schools takes us further away from free education for the poor and people trapped in the missing middle.
— Mohale Ralebitso
We have to have cooler heads prevailing! We cannot afford to break those universities!
— Mohale Ralebitso
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