Dr Sebonkile Thaba.
A MAJOR UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN CAUGHT in a SHOCKING corporate sell-out, REPLACING academic theory with the AGENDA of a specific software company. The University of Johannesburg, in a MOVE that has OUTRAGED academics, has allowed Deputy Head Dr. Sebonkile Thaba to completely redesign a critical supply chain course into what critics call a “corporate training program” for the “Rise Business” ERP platform.
This is NOT education—it’s a CORPORATE TAKEOVER of the classroom. Instead of teaching critical thinking, students are now being force-fed a SPECIFIC PROPRIETARY SYSTEM, effectively turning future graduates into brand ambassadors for a commercial product. Dr. Thaba admits the curriculum was gutted because graduates “struggle to operate inside real business environments,” but the FIX is a BETRAYAL of academic integrity: forcing a SINGLE VENDOR’S software down their throats.
The course now FUNNELS students into learning “business process automation” on the 1C:Enterprise platform, a DIRECT PIPELINE for Rise SA Business Solutions. The so-called “industry partnership” is a TROJAN HORSE, transforming a public institution into a de facto sales and training arm for a private entity. What about students destined for companies that use SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft? Their education has been NARROWED and JEOPARDIZED.
This DANGEROUS precedent signals the END of impartial scholarship, where universities now auction off their curricula to the highest corporate bidder, conditioning the next generation to serve not the public good, but a corporate master.
The quiet surrender of our universities is complete, and your degree is now just another line in a vendor’s profit report.
Author: Kayitsi.com
