. The reasons cited for the demerger of the UL were that Medunsa in its current size and structure was not sustainable. Medunsa needed to grow programme based and focus strictly on health science programmes. There was a need for Medunsa to increase enrolments and its current capacity did not allow further student intake. Government would invest in the expansion of Medunsa so that it can increase it capacity to deliver more health science professionals. . The Committee was informed that the decline in the Masters degree was contributed by the fact that many medical postgraduate students preferred to write fellowship exams at the College of Medicine than the university. Training students in Masters Degree programmes was a challenge due to few posts made available by the provincial government. The university had sufficient capacity to train more postgraduate students. However, the challenge was resources. The Health Professionals Council of South Africa (HPCSA) sets standards and regulations on how many medical students a university can produce or train per year. . The reason many medical students preferred the College of Medicine over university was based on the fact that there was a single standardised exit exam in the college. . The UL did not offer any unaccredited programmes to students. However, there was challenge with the professional body on pharmacy on accreditation of the programme. However, this challenge had since been resolved. . The UL had serious challenge with allocation formula of NSFAS. Majority of students in the university were dependant on NSFAS and the maximum that a student may be allocated was R20 000 as compared with R47 000 that a student in the University of Cape Town (UCT) received. This left students with a huge debt owed to the university after they complete their studies. . The DVC of the Medunsa Campus was suspended with full pay after a series of student protests at the beginning of the year. The disciplinary hearings against the DVC would commence on 11 July 2011. . The university did not have any students that were funded by the HWSETA besides interns working in the university departments. . The UL had a science centre in the Turfloop Campus where learners from neighbouring high schools were exposed to science facilities in the centre. The social outreach programme of the university was effective. . The previous VC of Medunsa enrolled more first year students than required hence there was an increase in the graduation rates. . The management of the university was not aware of the sale of land to a private company for R4 million. . The financial constraints of the university did not allow it to have more tutors. . The UL had harmonized conditions of service that applied to all workers of the institution and the retirement age was 65.