NUST in U−turn on exam ban

AFTER announcing that no student owing more than N$1 430 will be permitted to write exams, the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) has made a U−turn on that decision.

The change of heart by the institution comes after pressure from the Students Representative Council (SRC) last week. Early this year, NUST also agreed to allow students who owe money to register after initially trying to ban them from registration. SRC president Oscar Mwandingi had last week threatened to call for a student demonstration to disrupt the examinations if the university failed to reverse its planned ban. Following the threats, NUST vice chancellor Tjama Tjivikua sent a memorandum to the SRC that all students who met the academic requirements for admission to the May/June exams would be allowed access, “regardless of the amount they owe”.