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A maximum of 33 percent of the student population will be allowed to return to university campuses, delivery sites, and residences under Covid-19 level three lockdown on condition that they can be safely accommodated and supported in line with health and safety protocols, Higher Education, Science, and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande announced on Saturday.
This would include all groups that had already returned during alert level four, students in the final year of their programmes who were on a path to graduating in 2020, final year students who required access to laboratories, technical equipment, data connectivity, and access to residence and private accommodation should return, he said in a statement.
It would also include students in all years of study requiring clinical training in their programmes, provided that the clinical training platforms had sufficient space and could accommodate them while adhering to the safety protocols, and postgraduate students who required laboratory equipment and other technical equipment to undertake their studies.
In addition to these, institutions could also consider selected return of other categories of students to residences who may face extreme difficulties in their home learning environments, provided that the above categories were prioritised and all safety and logistical requirements were met.
When a district moved to level 3, the reintegration of the next group of students to return to campuses located in that district would take place.
- African News Agency
