Graduated for BTech in Internal
Auditing
I applied for BTech in Internal
Auditing and got accepted. Again I was alone with no friends, I had to
make new friends for BTech since my friends did not continue after their
Diploma graduation that year.
The biggest problem was that I did not
have money for registration for Btech and I did not have anyone to pay for my
BTech fees since NSFAS did not fund BTech students. During the holidays I
worked in the laundry so that I could pay for my travelling expenses back to
school. I decided to return to school early so that I could look for a job as a
student assistant during registration so that I could get money for my registration
including accommodation.
I arrived at CPUT student resident and I had to provide the reason for
occupying the resident early. I told them that I will be assisting with
the registration and I was asked to provide a letter that says I am employed as
the student assistant during the registration. I was so stressed because I have
not got the job yet, I was still going to beg the following day to work
during registration. I woke up early the following day and went to campus fortunately
for me, I got the job, I signed the contract and got the letter from our
supervisor and that time I was able to register and continue with my
studies.
Our course moved to the other campus,
still, when I got there I looked for a job at the library to assist after my
classes and I got the job. My classes during the day were between 8:30 to 16:00
pm and usually, end around 15:30.
At 16:00 I would start working at
the library lab and finish at 22:00 when the library closes and on Saturdays.
It was tough but I was so grateful about the opportunity to register, get the
accommodation on campus and for my BTech and still get a job at the library for
some extra cash.
Towards the end of the year, my friends and I were so worried about what we
were going to do after the BTech. We applied for internships and I got accepted
as a finance intern at the Department of correction services. I failed one
module for Btech that year. I was doing more than 5 module full time and
working after hours and on weekends. I was surprised because I thought I was
going to fail more than one module because of the pressure and the time. I was
so scared. But I manage to pass most of my modules, the following year I was
doing my internship and repeating the module I failed. Still, my BTech fee for
the previous year was not paid so I struggled to register the module and I
couldn't just let it go after all my hard work I had to register that module
and pass it so that I could get my BTech.
I had to make an arrangement and pay a certain percentage at school. I
asked my family member to take a loan under her name and pay her direct to her
bank account the monthly instalment. I was only getting less than R5000 a month
for my internship and had to pay R2 200 every month for my education loan for
two years. I passed my module and I qualified for graduation. I graduated for
my BTech in Internal Auditing. I was so inspired by myself I fought for my
dreams and worked hard. I wanted more. I applied for Masters in
Internal Auditing. I was also discouraged by people and had to deal with
negativity because some people thought Masters are not for people like me,
considering my disadvantage background.
Written by Lisa Nqala
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