The higher education department has given four Educor-owned tertiary institutions — Damelin, CityVarsity, Lyceum and Pietermaritzburg-based Icesa — until October to appeal deregistration, while ordering the institutions to immediately phase out operations until the deadline. According to a statement posted in the Government Gazette on Friday, the department’s director general, Nkosinathi Sishi, cancelled the registrations because the private institutions had failed to submit audited financial statements since 2020. Higher Education Department Spokesperson, Veli Mbheli gives us an understanding of this and a way forward especially for enrolled students of the affected insistutions.