04 November 2014
The Higher Education and
Transformation Network said it plans to take University of Cape Town to court
for it’s newly admissions policy which it believes does not advance
transformation in Higher Education.
Executive Chairperson Lucky
Thekisho said the policy will demean black and women applicants.
The changes to the 2016
University of Cape Town redress and diversity admissions policy has three
elements that include set of minimum academic achievement levels for entry.
Thekiso said Academic freedom
does not include the right to keep the higher educational playing field tilted
to perpetuate subordination nor does it represent the right of a privileged
elite to act as exclusive gatekeepers of a publicly funded institution.
“We call on all roleplayers in
higher education to utilize the courts to enforce Constitutional principles on
errant higher education Administrators who continue to pay scant respect to the
letter of the Constitution of the Republic Thekiso added.
Meanwhile the University of
Cape Town responded by stating that the university has not received no direct
communications from HETN about plans to initiate legal action against the
university.
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