Ditch protests, engage me – Minister tells ECOT students
Reading Time: 3 minutesMinister of Education and Training Owen Nxumalo has urged students at the Eswatini College of Technology (ECOT) to engage him directly over challenges affecting the institution, saying protests are not the solution to their grievances. Nxumalo said students experiencing problems, including delays in the payment of living allowances, should approach him so that he could provide answers and help address their concerns. Speaking during ECOT’s 24th graduation ceremony and 80th anniversary celebration, the minister said there was a need to resolve institutional challenges through engagement rather than protests. “If there are challenges at the school, let’s engage. If the living allowances have been delayed, come to me, I will have the answers,” he said. He cautioned stu…
