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16 March 2021 | Story Lacea Loader

All academic activities have been suspended on all UFS campuses from 17 to 22 March 2021. No online/face-to-face lectures/tests/assignments will take place until 23 March 2021, and the full academic programme will resume on this date.
This decision will allow the university management an opportunity to address outstanding matters regarding the admission of senior undergraduate students.
Administrative activities will continue during this time and the campuses are not closed. The university management is aware that sporadic disruptions of activities by small groups are still taking place on the Bloemfontein Campus.
 
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UFS Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences meets with SAATA
2007-03-28

The annual congress of the South African Agricultural Teachers Association (SAATA), held on the Paradys Experimental Farm of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS), was attended by principals and deputy principals of agricultural schools across the country. From the left are: Messrs Gerrit Viljoen (Chairperson of SAATA), Jannie van den Heever (representative from Limpopo), Bennie Trollip (Department of Education, Free State) and Prof. Herman van Schalkwyk (Dean: Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the UFS). Discussions also took place between the faculty and SAATA. One of the decisions was that participation in the annual national Youth Show will in future be part of the practical marks in the final exam of Grade 12 learners. The Youth Show is presented on the Paradys Experimental Farm.

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Issued by: Lacea Loader
Assistant Director: Media Liaison
Tel: 051 401 2584
Cell: 083 645 2454
E-mail: loaderl@ufs.ac.za
28 March 2007

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