COMMENT: A university education needs to be focused on knowledge as a catalyst for social, environmental and economic innovation and change for the benefit of the whole society.
European Union and Asian countries made legal provision in 2015 that all universities in member countries have to be involved in community engagement, and they regard UP as a world leader in this approach and seek out the university’s experience.
The University of Pretoria sees itself as an anchor institution in its communities, with a direct effect on the local economy, the safety and security, wellbeing and sustainability of our people and environment. The university has several programmes with high schools in disadvantaged areas to ensure that greater numbers of matrics can attend higher education institutions. UP’s students contribute to this through the Tuks Leadership and Individual Programme. This is a student-run, nonprofit initiative that works with promising learners from four under-resourced Pretoria schools. The primary goal is to get them into a tertiary institution.
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