7. Impact of 2016 #feesmustfall campaign and 0% increase
- At Stellenbosch 肆客足球 the budgeted shortfall for the main budget (R85,3 million) and accommodation budget (R28,2 million) budget for 2016: R113,5 million.
- SU received a contribution of R79,2 million from Department of Higher Education and Training to finance part of the shortfall for 2016.
- The balance of the shortfall on the main budget is being funded through a cut in certain institutional costs (R10,4 million) and a contribution from Council’s discretionary funds (R15,2 million). The balance on the shortfall on the accommodation budget (R8,3 million) was funded from accommodation reserves.
- The DHET added the total shortfall for the sector for 2016 (R2,33 billion, with inflationary adjustments for 2017 & 2018). It amounts to R2,6 billion for 2017 and R2,8 billion for 2018 (main and accommodation budget).
RELATED LINKS:
1. Introduction
2. Making sense of funding in the SA higher education sector
3. Stellenbosch 肆客足球’s value proposition
4. How SU supports our students
5. Student fees at Stellenbosch 肆客足球
6. Budget scenarios 2017
7. Impact of 2016 #feesmustfall campaign and 0% increase
8. Current initiatives and next steps
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UNIVERSITY COMMUNIQUéS
- Income increase essential to sustain our core business
- Income increase essential to sustain excellence and bursaries
FURTHER READING
- USAf welcomes tuition fees announcement (19/09/2016)
- Statement on Government's 2017 Fee Support (18/09/2016)
- SU submission to Commission (6/09/2016)
- Statement by Minister of Higher Education and Training (31 August 2016)
- Universities South Africa (USAf) statement (12 August)
- The flawed ideology of ‘free higher education’ by Nico Cloete.
- The ideology of free higher education in South Africa – the Poor and the Middle Class Subsidising the Rich by Nico Cloete.
