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Education Series Volume V Higher education and skills in south Africa, 2017 Report: 92-01-05 2 THE SOUTH AFRICA I KNOW, THE HOME I UNDERSTAND STATS SA ISBN: 978-0-621-46254-8 STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA Education Series Volume V Higher Education and Skills in South Africa, 2017 Statistics South Africa Risenga Maluleke Report No. 92-01-05 Statistician-General STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA ii Education Series Volume V: Higher Education and Skills in South Africa, 2017 / Statistics South Africa Published by Statistics South Africa, Private Bag X44, Pretoria 0001 © Statistics South Africa, 2019 Users may apply or process this data, provided Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is acknowledged as the original source of the data; that it is specified that the application and/or analysis is the result of the user's independent processing of the data; and that neither the basic data nor any reprocessed version or application thereof may be sold or offered for sale in any form whatsoever without prior permission from Stats SA. 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Pretoria: Statistics South Africa, 2019 Report no. 92-01-05 90 pp ISBN 978-0-621-46254-8 A complete set of Stats SA publications is available at Stats SA Library and the following libraries: National Library of South Africa, Pretoria Division National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Division Library of Parliament, Cape Town Bloemfontein Public Library Natal Society Library, Pietermaritzburg Johannesburg Public Library Eastern Cape Library Services, King William’s Town Central Regional Library, Polokwane Central Reference Library, Mbombela Central Reference Collection, Kimberley Central Reference Library, Mmabatho This report is available on the Stats SA website: www.statssa.gov.za For technical enquiries please contact: Seble Worku Tel.: 012-310 8480 Email: [email protected] Education Series Volume V: Higher Education and Skills in South Africa, 2017 Report 92-01-05 STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA iii Table of Contents List of figures ................................................................................................................................................... iv List of tables .................................................................................................................................................... vii Abbreviations and acronyms ....................................................................................................................... viii Foreword .......................................................................................................................................................... ix Chapter 1: The post-secondary education and training system ................................................................ 1 1.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 The governance of the higher education system .............................................................................. 2 1.3 Policies and national frameworks related to higher education and training ...................................... 3 1.4 Funding and financial aid ................................................................................................................... 4 1.5 Outcomes related to higher education ............................................................................................... 8 1.6 Objective of the report ..................................................................................................................... 10 Chapter 2: Transition from school to post-school education ................................................................... 12 2.1 Background ...................................................................................................................................... 12 2.2 Trends in National Senior Certificates enrolment and performance ............................................... 15 2.3 Transition into post-school education .............................................................................................. 22 2.4 Attendance of educational institutions ............................................................................................. 25 2.5 Summary and conclusion ................................................................................................................ 32 Chapter 3: Participation in post-school education and skills development ........................................... 33 3.1 Students’ participation in universities and technikons ...................................................................... 33 3.2 Student participation in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges .......... 45 3.3 Student participation in Community Education and Training (CET) and private colleges ............... 49 3.4 Summary and conclusion ................................................................................................................. 52 Chapter 4: Higher educational attainment .................................................................................................. 53 4.1 Students post-school progression and graduation ........................................................................... 53 4.2 Educational outcomes in South Africa ............................................................................................. 66 4.3 Summary and conclusion ................................................................................................................. 73 Chapter 5: Conclusions and the way forward ............................................................................................ 74 Appendix ........................................................................................................................................................ 77 References ..................................................................................................................................................... 79 Education Series Volume V: Higher Education and Skills in South Africa, 2017/Statistics South Africa Report 92-01-05 STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA iv List of figures Figure 1.1: National Qualification Framework levels and its sub- frameworks .................................................. 2 Figure 1.2: Provincial education budget expenditure as a percentage of the total provincial budget expenditure 2013/14–2017/18 ........................................................................................................................... 6 Figure 1.3: Share of provincial education budget 2013/14–2017/18 ................................................................. 6 Figure 1.4: Budget expenditure breakdown on higher education and training, 2010/11 and 2017/18 ............. 7 Figure 1.5: National Student Financial Aid Scheme awards, 2010–2017 ......................................................... 8 Figure 2.1: Grades 11 and 12 progressions, 2010–2017 ................................................................................ 13 Figure 2.2: Grades 11 and 12 progressions by gender, 2013–2017 ............................................................... 14 Figure 2.3: NSC candidates who achieved the NSC examination compared to those who enrolled in Grade 12 and those who wrote the exam, 2010–2017 ................................................................................... 15 Figure 2.4: NSC candidates who wrote the exam as a percentage of the Grade 12 enrolled learners, 2010–2017 ....................................................................................................................................................... 16 Figure 2.5: NSC candidates who achieved the NSC examination by gender, 2002–2017 ............................. 16 Figure 2.6: NSC performance as a percentage of those who wrote the exam by achievement type, 2010–2017 ....................................................................................................................................................... 17 Figure 2.7: Bachelor pass rate by gender, 2013–2017 ................................................................................... 17 Figure 2.8: NSC performance by achievement type and province, 2010 and 2017........................................ 18 Figure 2.9: NSC performance by school type, 2017 ...................................................................................... 18 Figure 2.10: NSC achievement by school type and performance type, 2017 ................................................ 19 Figure 2.11: National NSC pass rate, 1994–2017 .......................................................................................... 20 Figure 2.12: NSC mathematics pass rate by gender, 2010–2017 ................................................................. 21 Figure 2.13: NSC physical sciences pass rate, 2010–2017 ........................................................................... 21 Figure 2.14: First time students entering public universities at undergraduate degrees and diplomas programmes, 2000–2016................................................................................................................................. 22 Figure 2.15: First time students entering undergraduate degrees and diploma programmes, 2008–2016 ... 23 Figure 2.16: Percentage change in first time entering undergraduate students