Nicole McCain

If a district's level changes, campus openings may be reversed. If in level 4, campuses will remain closed @TeamNews24

For TVET colleges, a tentative academic calendar has been drawn up. N6 and N3 will return on June 6, N5 and N2 on June 15, N4 and N1 on June 22. @TeamNews24

Those returning to residences will form part of the 33% of students on campus under level 3, or 66% under level 2 @TeamNews24

Return to residences will be determined at institutional level @TeamNews24

At both level 1 and 2, there will be a 2 - 3 week period for campuses to prepare for the return of students @TeamNews24

At level 1, all students will return to campus @TeamNews24

Students who require lab and technical equipment, practical placements, and first year students will be prioritised to return to campus under level 2 @TeamNews24

At level 2, another 33% of students will be allowed to return to campus - 66% of student body in total. @TeamNews24

The 3 week delay in returning to campus will allow students to travel, with permits issued to identified students @TeamNews24

Institutions will recall students only after their district level has been announced, with a 3 weeks delay before students will return to campus @TeamNews24

Postgraduate students who need access to laboratory equipment may return to campus under level 3 @TeamNews24

At level 3, students at all levels of study will be allowed to return if they need clinical training @TeamNews24

Under level 3, max 33% of students allowed back on campus, with final year students prioritised @TeamNews24

Students will gradually return to campuses at various levels of lockdown. At level 4, only final year students in clinical training will return @TeamNews24

Gov is committed to ensuring all NSFAS students have appropriate laptops to allow for learning; this is already being rolled out @TeamNews24

Students who don't have technology resources will have paper learning material delivered to them, based on each university's assessment @TeamNews24

Free digital content made available specifically to TVET students, Nzimande says @TeamNews24

Nzimande is working on development of loan scheme, with private sector, to assist middle income students @TeamNews24

Data bundles will be made available to NSFAS students - 10GB daytime to be subsidised by gov from June. @TeamNews24

Funding will be reprioritised as special Covid-response grant for higher education institutions, says Nzimande @TeamNews24