Institute of Race Relations urges universities to reject racial classification mandates [SOUND]

# The Institute of Race Relations calls on universities to reject government-imposed racial classification mandates. In letters sent to all 26 universities, the organisation urges the institutions to prioritise merit over race and gender quotas when the new employment equity reporting period begins in September. The institute’s Makone Maja warns that forced racial classification risks damaging academic excellence, undermining students’ right to be taught by the most qualified lecturers: