Dear Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology:


During this worldwide pandemic, in as much as we are to keep safe from the spread of the virus, one also has to remain sane and the Lockdown hasn't necessarily served us any justice on that regard, our academics matter to us and we cannot afford to have a wasted year due to numerous reasons, not to mention the obvious financial reasons which are often the case in more instances than one, universities such as The University of Pretoria have already made steps towards achieving this, but the only problem is they haven't necessarily made provisions for students to return to their respective residences.

So as a result we'd like to propose that the Government of South Africa allows us to continue with our academics at our respective residences through E-learning, this may be the perfect time to transition into the 4th Industrial Revolution, which can prove to be positive for our Education system as a whole and view us as a leader amongst the rest, instead of halting education completely we can capitalize on this opportunity.





We have a number of requests we hope to have granted to us:

1.All students must be kept in a quarantine in their respective residences where each student will be subjected to be screened for any Symptoms before entering the Residence Premises

2.WiFi router length must be extended in all residence where students will be able to access learning websites like blackboard without the crisis of data.

3.The university must assist in providing free sanitizers in all corridors, rooms and bathrooms, there must also be online workshops on how to effectively prevent the spread of covid19 and how to use E-learning effectively.

4.No contact class must take place so as to adhere to the social distancing rule as prescribed by the president of South Africa.

We therefore hope and believe that our proposal will be taken into consideration and there will be necessary actions taken which will benefit everyone.

Thank you
Regards
University students