Interim report of the Commission into the Feasibility of Fee-Free Higher Education and Training

The Commission of Inquiry into Higher Education has released its Interim report  into the Feasibility of Fee-Free Higher Education and Training. "This report is submitted in compliance with the direction of the President made when he extended the duration of the Commission until June 2017. It has been prepared after only three of the proposed eight sets into which the Commission has divided its work have been completed. The structure was determined with an appreciation that no properly informed recommendation could be submitted by the Commission without a full understanding of the factors that control and influence higher education and training in South Africa and of the implications of a recommendation one way or the other."

"The Commission is looking towards a long-term solution to the accessible and affordable provision of higher education and training. It was not authorized or asked to address the immediate problem of the Fees Must Fall agitation. Nevertheless it should be noted that the interim measures announced by the government accord with the majority views of witnesses .."