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Dear Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor

Anika Stapelberg has sent you the following message via People's Assembly (https://www.pa.org.za/)


Good Day Minister of Education, I am a final year student at the
University of the Freestate. The University have invoked a rule
that no 4th year student with outstanding modules will be allowed
to do their practical this year, they can only do the practical
next year from Jan-March and graduate in Sept or Dec. It is a very
good rule to have but, I feel that under special circumstance
there are exceptions to the rule. As you know there were some
pretty violent protests at this University. In 2016 the University
was closed for more than 6 months and in 2017 the protests was
disruptive during exams. Me and my fellow students feel that it is
unfair towads us that we are penalized in our final year, to waist
another year to get our digrees. We can handle the workload and
can make arrangements with the schools to go and attend classes
which will end by the end of April and to attend our exams, we
will work all the outstanding hours back to the schools. We
therefore ask your help with this problem, as future Teachers we
have asked and beg to be allowed to do our practical and to finish
with our degrees this year. Please help us to help u to fill the
schools with pasionate Teachers. Thank you for your time.


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