. The Committee had zero tolerance towards financial exclusions of students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Universities should not withhold results of poor students because they owed outstanding fees. Students should be allowed access to their results and the university could claim its outstanding money once the student was permanently employed. . The admission policy of certain universities did not favour students from poor rural schools. The points system made it very difficult for students from rural schools to study in universities. The Committee remained extremely concerned with exclusional admission policies. Admission policies of universities should be reviewed to improve access especially for poor students. . The Committee passed the Higher Education and Training Laws Amendment Bill [B23-12] last year with a clause that prohibited members of Council, academic staff and student leadership to conduct business with the university. The Bill extended the powers of the Minister to intervene in universities where mismanagement and malpractices were evident. The Minister could appoint an independent assessor and subsequently an administrator when Council was proved to be dysfunctional. . Academic freedom or institutional autonomy should not be used as a basis for covering mismanagement and malpractices. All universities should account fully on utilisation of state funds and the Auditor- General had begun with auditing of universities financial statements. . SETAs had an important role in assisting poor students to gain access to higher education and training institutions. SETAs should disburse bursaries to academically deserving students as the demand for financial assistance in higher education exceeded NSFAS supply.