Amakhulu ezinkulungwane zabafundi angase asale dengwane ngemva kwesinqumo somnyango wezemfundo ephakeme nokuqeqesha sokusula ukubhalisa iDamelin, CityVarsity, Icesa City Campus kanye neLyceum College njengezikhungo zemfundo ephakeme ezizimele.
Ngokwesitatimende esifakwe kwiGovernment Gazette ngoLwesihlanu, uMqondisi Jikelele woMnyango, uMnuz Nkosinathi Sishi, ukuhoxisile ukubhaliswa ngokusemthethweni ngoba lezi zikhungo ezizimele zehlulekile ukuhambisa izitatimende zezimali ezicwaningiwe kusukela ngo-2020.
Ngokusekelwe ezinhlinzekweni zoMthetho wezeMfundo ePhakeme, izikhungo zemfundo ephakeme ezizimele ziphoqelekile ukuthi zithumele izitatimende zezimali emnyangweni njengengxenye yenqubo yokuziphendulela.
I-Damelin, i-CityVarsity, i-Icesa City Campus kanye ne-Lyceum College aphethwe yi-Educor, umhlinzeki omkhulu wezemfundo ozimele eNingizimu Afrika. Iphatha izinhlobo zezemfundo eziyi-10 kumakhempasi angaphezu kwama-60 nezizinda eNingizimu Afrika nakwamanye amazwe.
Okhulumela inyunyana yabafundi, iSouth African Union of Students, u-Asive Dlanjwa, uthe bakholwa wukuthi isinqumo somnyango sivuna abafundi.
Ngokusho kwenyunyana yabafundi, umnyango usohlelweni lokusula izikhungo ezizimele ze-Educor kusukela ngoJulayi 2023 kodwa isinqumo sokugcina sithathwe ngoLwesihlanu.
“Lezi zikhungo mhlawumbe akumele ziphinde zibhaliswe ngoba sekuphele iminyaka emibili kuya kwemithathu lungekho uhlaka lokuphatha, ngakho lezi zikhungo zehlulekile ngokuphelele, zinikwe ithuba lokulungisa nokubuyisela ukwethenjwa kwesikhungo. behlulekile,” kusho uDlanjwa.
NgoNovemba 2023, iSouth African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) yahlaba umkhosi ngokungaphathi kahle e-Damelin kanye namanye amakolishi ayo (ICESA, Lyceum kanye neCentral Technical College) ngemuva kokungawakhokheli amaholo abasebenzi emakhempasini kuzwelonke.
“UDamelin, kanye no-Educor jikelele, bavimba abasebenzi babo ezikhungweni ezahlukene ithuba lokuhlangabezana nezibopho zabo zokusebenzisa imali ngendlela ehlukahlukene ngokuhlukumeza nokudelela amalungelo abo,” kusho umkhulumeli weSaftu, uTrevor Shaku, esitatimendeni sangoZibandlela wezi-2023.
ISaftu ayitholakalanga ukuthi iphawule ngesinqumo sakamuva.
Umfundi waseDamelin ophikweni lwaseBraamfontien ocele ukuthi igama lakhe ligodlwe, uthe ukhathazekile ngekusasa lemfundo yakhe.
“Kuyathusa kakhulu, unyaka wami wokuqala lona ngakho angazi okuningi ngomlando wokuphatha esikhungweni. Kimina, i-Damelin, noma izikhungo ezizimele ngalolo daba, nginikeze abafundi abathile abaqeda u-matric abangakamukelwa emanyuvesi, indawo ephephile, manje akusekho lokho,” usho kanje.
Ngokwezinhlinzeko zesikhungo esizimele, Abafundi bazonikezwa usizo kanye nemibhalo yezemfundo futhi banomthwalo wemfanelo wokusiza abafundi ohlelweni lwabo lokubhalisa kwezinye izikhungo zemfundo ephakeme.
Inyunyana yabafundi inxusa ukuthi kube nokuthula phakathi kwabafundi yaphinde yengeza ngokuthi ukwesula akubathinti abafundi asebezitholile iziqu.
U-Educor usazophawula ngalolu daba.