Students protest over sale of institution

THE sale of Australian higher education institution Monash South Africa (MSA) to a local entity has left students fuming.

Students at the Ruimsig, Roodepoort, campus yesterday protested because MSA has been sold to local education group ADvTECH.

MSA student representative council member Karabo Mokhomole said: “The whole reason to come to Monash is to get an international degree. Now that the Australian side is moving out of the business, we will be getting a local degree.”

ADvTECH say students’ academic qualifications will not be affected.

Dr Felicity Coughlan, director of the Independent Institute of Education (IIE), the higher education division of ADvTECH, said: “Students currently registered will get exactly what they signed up for, as will students who register in the first semester of 2019. From the second semester they will be getting the IIE qualifications. All the MSA qualifications were and are accredited in South Africa, so only some Monash students also got a second qualification from Australia.”