The women, who were studying towards their master’s degrees, have taken the legal route after an administrative oversight.
JOHANNESBURG - Two University of Limpopo students on the brink of graduation have taken the institution to court in a bid to have their abrupt deregistration rescinded, and their master's degrees conferred.
"Being accepted is a lengthy process, so there's a lot of steps that go into that. So, it's a privilege. It was a privilege at the time. It was a big deal, and I was excited," said Mnguni. Spanning three provinces, Mnguni found herself having to be everywhere, almost at once: working in Bloem, studying in Limpopo, and collecting data in Durban.
But in late October of the same year, the two women received an email from the University of Limpopo that would completely alter the trajectory of their lives.For the next few of months, Cele and Mnguni would send several emails to university staff seeking clarity on their situations, without ever receiving a response.
Mokgalong explained the university decided to terminate their registrations due to their B.Tech degrees not being on the same level as a bachelor's degree. He said to be admitted into a master’s programme at the University of Limpopo, a prospective student must be in possession of a matric certificate, a bachelor's degree with 360 credits, and an honours degree with a 60% average.
The vice-chancellor said the university had proposed a settlement to the two students, which would require them to re-register for their master’s degrees through the Recognition of Prior Learning pipeline, with the institution taking care of all the financial aspects. The women argue their B.Tech degrees are cumulatively worth 480 credits, which is higher than the required 360 by the University of Limpopo for bachelor’s degrees.In addition, they are arguing the clause in the acceptance letter of a"reasonable timeframe" should be rejected, since the university waited two years before terminating their registrations.Cele and Mnguni are both currently employed as metadata librarians in two different universities based in Johannesburg.
For both women, the proposed settlement of redoing their master’s degree through RPL was out of the question.
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