More than half of students at institutions of higher learning in South Africa feel that hard lockdown has jeopardised their academic pursuits. This came out of the results of a study done on the impact of COVID-19 on students in the Post School Education and Training Sector. Higher Education Minister, Blade Nzimande launched the report at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in the Western Cape earlier today. Nzimande says COVID-19 has had a severe impact on the higher education sector. He says since mid-October last year COVID-19 cluster outbreaks have been experienced at institutions of higher learning in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu Natal, Western Cape, North West and Gauteng. What sort of impact has there been for the institutions of higher education and what is it that they can do?

Guest: Professor Ramneek Ahluwalia – CEO of Higher Health