With the fear of the ridiculous picture of public universities grinding to a halt, they must remain ‘open’. This attempt at shifting regular classes online in the middle of a pandemic throws up at least two sticking points. AdvertisementFirst, public universities do not routinely supply lecturers with the requisite tools to deliver online lectures at short notice. Social distancing will be defeated and, soon, public universities will become the major distributors of the coronavirus. At the end of it, public universities, some of them world class, will look like enclaves of ignorance!

Source: Daily Nation April 26, 2020 19:52 UTC