The Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mr Mduduzi Manana MP, will launch the 2015 Apply Now/Khetha Career Guidance Campaign to encourage learners to apply on time for admission to post-school institutions and thus avert possible stampedes and long queues that take place at the beginning of each academic year.
The launch will be at the gate where a parent to a prospective student lost her life during a stampede in January 2012. The gate has since been renamed after the late parent, Mrs Gloria Sekwane, who was also a University of Johannesburg graduate.
The Deputy Minister will outline the progress made in curbing walk-ins and late applications since the inception of the campaign. He will also communicate the detailed outreach programme to visit schools nationally to members of the media.
Members of the media are invited to the event scheduled as follows:
Date: 9 March 2015
Time: 10h00
Venue: University of Johannesburg, Bunting Road Campus, Gauteng
RSVP and Enquires:
Calvin Nkosi
Cell: 076 810 8000
E-mail: Nkosi.C@dhet.gov.za
Busiswa Nongogo
Cell: 061 351 2695
E-mail: Nongogo.B@dhet.gov.za
Herman Esterhuizen
Cell: 072 129 0777
E-mail: hermane@uj.ac.za
