Parliament backs call to release graduates’ certificates witheld over unpaid fees

Parliament’s Higher Education Portfolio Committee has backed Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka’s call for universities and TVET colleges to stop withholding graduates’ university certificates over unpaid student debt. The intervention comes as a separate Public Protector report flags irregularities in the R5.1 billion paid to 40 000 students, adding to scrutiny of the National Student Financial […]…