STATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
The troubles of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), which was established to provide deserving students with financial support, need an intervention greater than the blunt solutions offered by Dr Blade Nzimande, the minister of higher education, science and innovation.
His decision to scrap the NSFAS board and place it under administration to address the troubles that have plagued the funding agency is like putting a plaster over a boil.
None of the critical problems have been addressed decisively. Those allegedly culpable for the issues seem to have escaped without sanction or criticism from the minister.
At least, Nzimande concedes that there is a
