UKZN plans phased in return of students
There will be no contact teaching and learning on campus (i.e. physical lectures), except for limited laboratory practicals added the university.
THE University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) is implementing a staggered approach to phase-in the re-opening of limited on-campus academic activities and related return of registered students, to campus and/or residences.
Under the current Covid-19 alert level 3, an estimated 13 000 registered students will be permitted to return to campus, including residences.
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According to UKZN acting executive director (corporate relations) Normah Zondo, students who are at high risk of infection due to health issues, including co-morbidities, are encouraged not to return to campus, but rather, to continue with remote online learning.
“There will be no contact teaching and learning on campus (i.e. physical lectures), except for limited laboratory practicals. We encourage all students who are able to study online to continue to do so and not to return to campus. Colleges will be contacting individual registered students from these above-mentioned groups, over the course of the next few weeks to inform them of their eligibility to return to campus, as well as their specific campus return date.
“Students who have not been contacted, must not return to campus. There will be very strict regulations regarding access to the campuses and residences, and therefore students that are not in possession of a 2021 UKZN Student Access Permit will not be allowed access. In addition, students that are not registered for residence will not be allowed access to residences,” Zondo said.
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She added students returning to University managed residences (both owned and leased) will be required to self-isolate for a period of 14 days on returning to the residence.
“Once students are contacted by the Colleges and have been informed that they are eligible to return, they will have to apply for their 2021 UKZN Student Access Permit on forms.ukzn.ac.za. Please note that access to the permit application system is linked to being invited back to campus/residence,” she said.
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