Southern Institute of Technology’s former chief financial officer has launched a petition aiming to save its zero-fees scheme.
The scheme was introduced in 2001 to attract students into the region and the Southland institution is the only tertiary provider to offer free tuition to all New Zealand students.
During SIT’s Re-O Week yesterday, Bharat Guha — now a student — said he decided to take this step as there was a lot of uncertainty around the future of zero fees since the national polytechnic merger.
