The University of Zimbabwe has had a 100% fees increase according to a Tweet by one of the students under the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
According to the tweet by Joseph Nyamayaro, the fees were pegged at 22k and have been increased to 54k.
The university announced on their social media pages that the new semester will commence on Monday the 21str of March up to Friday the 1st of July 2022. The university also encouraged students to pay the fees as reflected on their fees portals “pending the gazetting of the new fees ordinance.”
Many students have complained as they feel that the hike has been drastic and at the last minute. The 21st is in a few days and the university expects students to be paid up by then. It is no secret that parents are struggling to pay fees because of the unstable economy in Zimbabwe.
In a stable economy, public education should be free and as the fees continue to increase every semester, there is no sign of free education on the horizon. The standards of the university are declining as well. Back in the day graduates from UZ were recognized in Africa and beyond but now the credibility is not the same as before. People are opting to send their children out of the country or have them study with foreign boards like UNISA.