Yes, Adam Habib said university is not for everyone.
What do you think of Adam Habib’s statement that, not everyone should go to university? #FeesComission
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But wait, that’s not all he said.Â
Speaking at the first day of hearings facilitated by the fees commission‚ Habib said matriculants “must have other options. If you don’t go to university‚ you will still land up with a future”.
#FeesCommssion: Even with Germany that provides free tertiary education, not everyone attends universities,Wits Vice Chancellor Adam Habib.
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“At the moment‚ there are many students that would be more appropriately located in Technical Vocational Education and Training (Tvet) system. Three to four million young people are sitting at home. [We need to] start making sure that the four million are in Tvet colleges,” Habib said.
Wits Vice Chancellor Adam Habib says clearly the SA education system is not equipping pupils adequately #FeesCommission @AfriNewsAgency
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According to him there is a need to create alternates to university like vocational training.
“The challenge we confront is a challenge of our ambitions and resources. We have to increase access to education‚ to healthcare. What we have got to figure out is how we get there‚†Habib said.
