The university in Swaziland
that King Mswati III says will host his new University of Transformation is to
be investigated by members of parliament after students complained lecturers
were unqualified and equipment was lacking.
Limkokwing University of
Creative Technology will be investigated by a five-strong parliamentary select
committee after students delivered a petition of grievances.
Students have been
boycotting classes and last week police reportedly fired guns on protestors,
injuring four people.
The Times of Swaziland, the kingdom’s only independent daily newspaper
reported on Friday (14 October 2016) that one of the main complaints was the
lack of experienced and qualified lecturers.
The newspaper quoted Zombodze
Emuva MP Titus Thwala saying Limkokwing students had complained that some of
their lecturers had only graduated last year and in the following academic year
were hired by the university.
The newspaper added, ‘Thwala
also said the committee needed to investigate if it was true that some lectures
were held outside the school campus, under a tree, because there was a shortage
of classrooms.
‘He also highlighted that
some of the students did not have chairs or desks and computers.
‘He said some students were
forced to behave like bus conductors and had to take notes while standing.’
In August 2016, King
Mswati, who rules Swaziland as sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch,
became Chair of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). He announced
that within a year he would create a University of Transformation and that it would be housed at Limkokwing.
See also
POLICE FIRE GUNSHOTS AT
STUDENTS
UNIVERSITY LECTURERS ‘NOT QUALIFIED’
KING’S
NEW UNWORKABLE UNIVERSITY
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