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| FeesMustFall campaign |
Hello everyone. Thank you for following my blog and i know that everyone's time is quite busy but i hope that my blog will be informative,before i begin i would like to introduce the topic of my blog which is #FeesMustFall
The student at university of Witwatersrand began protesting on 14 October due to the announcement by the university that fees would be increased by 10.5%....... I believe that education is a basic right and key to success.
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| A picture of student protesting about #feesmustfall |
This #feesmustfall campaign is a trending issue on social media and the use of social media is to give us the platform to engage at a whole different level that allows us to get immediate feedback because social media networks raise awareness for example people watch something on TV and it becomes trending immediately on social media right after being played on TV which makes it easier for those who did not watch TV to know what's going on through social media.
THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS #FEESMUSTFALL
The advantage of this #feesMustFall movement demand is that it is a good campaign for students to be heard, well done to them in any case for making their issue heard beside the violence, which was uncalled for.This hash tag has influence the practice of corporate social media because the campaign has gain more international support with messages of solidarity streaming in from institution across the globe, student from Canada and Australia have posted photographs online supporting the #feesmustfall movement.The advantage of this hash tag is that it enlighten people especially students, stakeholders and organisations that are involve in tertiary institution as to the percentage of student who can access the tertiary education due to the increase of fees.
The respond of brands to this #feesmustfall
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| Minister of education addressing student outside the parliament |
President Jacob Zuma responded in a good way by saying the will be 0% increase on fees, wow I personally did not think that 0% increase would be possible or viable and as for the Minister of education Blade Nzimande he was warned about the lack of funding before the protest take place and his respond was to slow because he appeared to be absent when the crunch comes, and has done little to address the situation even though he has been warned about it for years.I am impressed the way the Gauteng vice chancellor responded to this #feesmustfall and I agree with them when they say “damage of property to university can never be a solution’’ because it will affect those who are dependent on these facilities such as libraries. The bad thing about this #feesmustfall is that student had to experience violence for example when they marched to the South African Parliament Riot police moved to forcefully using stun grenades, tasers, coloured gas. Beating the crowd of student in the process.
A video of the exact moment the #feesmustfall protesters entered the gate of the South African Parliament.
RECOMMENDATIONS
I personal recommend that in the forthcoming government and the organisations in the nation should come up with other ways of funding higher education because they are a group of student who are unable to access NSFAS funding.Sectors of society such as parents, churches need to work with the government in future to ensure that higher education does not suffer a long term damage.Organisation should think through helping the student by giving back to the public,For instance they can make available internship, loans, bursary, learnership for those students who are in need financially or can't afford to pay for university or college fees.
hey Makkie, i just want to say i love your blog. I also feel that the violence wasn't really necessary, but sometimes in order for people to be heard there has to be some form of violence that will make our leaders step up and pay attention to our grievances.
ReplyDeleteHi thanks for viewing my blog and the comment yes the violence was not necessary and i can not agree with you when you say sometimes there has to be some form of violence for leaders to pay attention, violence is not a solution because it add more to the situation.
DeleteThe movement of hash tag fees must fall was created by students,for them to be heard about their right to free education.because some student have poor financial background and they cannot afford to pay for university fees.
ReplyDelete#feesMustFall has been trending on social media. it really showed that this student campaign had a effect to the country as a whole. I 100% support your view on the recommendations because, there are still students who are unemployed yet they graduated because of no job opportunities. so if the government offers internships, it will help young people and South Africa as a whole.
ReplyDeleteTrue that and the social media has created a huge awareness of this #feesmustfall because most people got the information about this hash tag on social media as it influences people to use social medai as the fast tool the inform and get immediate feedback.
DeleteI agree with that zero percent doesn't solve the financial issues increasing because the poor students will still struggle to pay even registration fees although fees were not increasing.
ReplyDeleteHi Zonke zero percent increase is better than nothing because if you can imagine what will happen if the fees where to be increased this year, at least the 0% of fees made it easy for most students to register and those whole had outstanding dept they where also settle by the government
DeleteHi Zonke zero percent increase is better than nothing because if you can imagine what will happen if the fees where to be increased this year, at least the 0% of fees made it easy for most students to register and those whole had outstanding dept they where also settle by the government
DeleteI agree with that zero percent doesn't solve the financial issues increasing because the poor students will still struggle to pay even registration fees although fees were not increasing.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with the 0% increase, we come from different backgrounds so our financial statuses cannot be the same. I like your recommendations, keep it up.
ReplyDeleteVery insightful post, But I still don't think the 0% increase addressed this issue though, because first of all the students demanded that "fees must fall", not that they shouldn't increase as they were already up so not increasing or decreasing the fees still does no justice to the student's grievances. #MyOpinion
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