Students at the University of Swaziland are boycotting
classes after government officials refused to meet their leaders to discuss the
crisis over scholarships.
The university term started this week and no classes have
taken place.
The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) at the
university is reporting that no government scholarships have been given to
first year students. Class boycotts have begun in an attempt to force the
government to address the problem.
The Centre for Human Rights and Development, Swaziland,
reported SRC President Sibusiso Nhlabatsi saying there were no first year
students at the university and students transferring from other colleges and universities
were also being denied scholarships.
Nhlabatsi said the Swazi Government had on numerous
occasions refused to meet with the students.
The Centre reported that in 2011 the government turned
back more than 700 students who had been admitted by the university and other
colleges due to the financial crisis presently gripping the kingdom.
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