Why should students pay for events on campus

Nust students who attended last year's event ( picture from Southern eye)

It is amazing how NUST handles social activities for students.

Imagine paying for attending the only social pageant made available for students.

some students felt it was the Institutions mandate to make the event free since it did not offer the services they have promised students.  

One student said It is pointless for them to make us pay since they do not even give the contestants worthy prizes.

Bathabile Dlamini one of the Miss Nust pageant winners said: " It is so boring to receive a funny, small hamper with nothing worth the effort and money we part with for  our modeling career." " This demotivates students from participating in these pageants organised by NUST." 

She added that at times as a student you wounder where the money they collect from students as entrance fares is going.

However, some students refused to enter the pageant for free cioting that it is a way of raising funds for the SRC to carter for students wellfare as it is common knowledge to the NUST community that there is no money to carter for all the needs of students.

Mark Ndlovu , a student close with the SRC said there is nothing for free and the reasons his fellow colleagues gave did not hold any water as they seemed unrealistic.

" Am against free things," said Ndlovu " We need money so that if students break the Institution property funds are ready to carter for all the costs and besides money is needed to organise these events and NUST does not have extra cash to use on student entertainment why not channel these funds for education purposes," Ndlovu added.

Some remained curious as they thought such moves were a means of defrauding them of their hard earned cash by the NUST SRC and the organiser of the pageant.

"Hahaha, they only want our money so that they use it on their women and other luxuries," said another student who requested anonymity " I will never fall for their stupid games."

The same questions remain unanswered where is the money going?

Who is benefiting from this money?

What is the SRC doing to communicate such issues with the students?

Is this the kind of body students want to represent them?

Well folks who knows maybe you are the answer to all the questions students have.

last year's miss NUST contestants (picture from Southern eye)

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http://www.southerneye.co.zw/2014/03/24/miss-nust-2014-pictures/