Hon Minister, I think your intervention seeks in part to address the issue of what I would call the chaos which is evident during the registration period at universities and FET colleges. Now, part of the problem is that there is such a short space of time between the release of the matric results and the start of the academic year in which universities and FET colleges actually have to place these students and manage their transition from secondary education to higher education.
The question I put to you, hon Minister, is whether you would consider staggering the higher education academic calendar to allow a reasonable time for the placement of students in order for them to access financial aid and residences properly. The other advantage of this is that students who have not passed or who want to rewrite their exams will have the time to rewrite and then be placed in institutions.
So the primary question is, are you considering staggering the academic calendar so that it, for example, starts between June and July? Thank you.