Operation Wanya Ben 40, Operation Wanya Sugar Daddy The Progressive Youth Alliance in Tshwane Region held its first meeting for the year 2015 on Sunday, 18 January 2015, to map out in concert a collectively way in tackling some of the recurring issues affecting young people in the education sector each year. The sole aim of the meeting was to merge the efforts of all the components of the PYA to have a well coordinated and solidified programme of Right to Learn Campaign (RTLC) in 2015. The meeting noted work already underway in ensuring access to academic institutions and the continued efforts to ensure maximum support for the intake of students within respective institutions of higher learning. The meeting further noted the work of COSAS in their Back to School Campaign and the ongoing activism by SASCO through its Right to Learn Campaign regional workshops commenced in the earlier part of 2015. The programme, guided by the prescripts of the Freedom Charter’s: “the doors of learning shall be opened to all” is undertaken in cognizance of the incessant burden that is annually placed on vulnerable students such as (i) long queues for registration and enquiries, (ii) financial exclusions and other malaises that frustrates the optimism of working class students from accessing education, which education has been declared an apex priority by the government. Accordingly, the PYA has committed, through its regional and branch structures, to intensify the provision of much needed assistance to all students indiscriminately around academic, financial, accommodation and other student support related matters. During this period the PYA will strive to ensure that no student will be turned away owing to financial constraints or lack of accommodation for those residing outside the environs of Tshwane. The Right to Learn Campaign (RTLC) will be underlined by the undertaking of practical steps to minimize instances of financial exclusions and provision of temporary accommodation to new and returning students during the registration period. Relatively, the PYA has noted that it is through delayed and non-intervention in such mentioned instances that there has been a crescendo of violent students’ protests which have degraded our institutions as commoditized entities with thoughtless revenue streams. To ensure the efficiency and thorough execution of the programme, the regional leadership of PYA will be deployed and stationed in all campuses across the region as part of invigorating the work already commenced in different campuses. In response to the malaise of long queues, the PYA has further committed itself to providing food parcels to prospective and returning students during the registration period to mitigate the tolling frustration of the often protracted and tedious process. We shall also ensure that we work tirelessly in exposing fly by night and nicodemus institutions which continue to mushroom in the inner-city and elsewhere in the City of Tshwane, as we guarantee that the doors of teaching and learning are opened we shall seek to close the doors of illicit colleges and schools. We wish to warn sugar daddy’s who are prowling around institutions of the North in search of vulnerable young women who are in pursuit of education to look elsewhere and to allow the young women to fulfill their dreams. Because of the problems which we have cited in this media statement there has been sugar daddy’s who carry with them deadly diseases and a promise of a better life and a more enthralling academic year who take advantage of problems related to registration, accommodation and food. We equally urge young women who are registering to be vigilent and to contact us should they need assistance. We wish to invite all needy students to visit the PYA desks in their respective campuses to find out more about the student support services to be provided inclusive of financial assistance and temporary accommodation. Whilst the PYA undertakes to intervene in certain deserving cases, students are still encouraged to explore other avenues such as in-house financial assistance and NSFAS. For further information, please contact Ezra Letsoalo on 083 442 5916 or Kagiso Makitla on 076 122 3693 Issued by the PYA Secretariat 18 January 2015 Ratshi Mashamba 076 174 9095
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 22:06:08 +0000
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