South Africa has faced tremendous changes over the past decade, which has had a huge impact
on the working environment. Organisations are compelled to address the societal disparities
between various cultural groups. However, previously disadvantaged groups have had to face
inequalities of the education system in the past, such as a lack of qualified teachers (especially in
the natural sciences), and poor educational books and facilities. This has often resulted in poor
grade 12 results. Social responsibility and social investment programmes are an attempt to rectify
these inequalities.
The objective of this research was to investigate the validity of the current selection battery of the
Youth Foundation Training Programme (YFTP) in terms of academic performance of the
students on the bridging programme. A correlational design was used in this research in order to
investigate predictive validity whereby data on the assessment procedure was collected at about
the time applicants were hired. The scores obtained from the Advanced Progressive Matrices
(APM), which forms part of the Raven's Progressive Matrices as well as the indices of the
Potential Index Battery (PIB) tests, acted as the independent variables, while the Matric results of
the participants served as the criterion measure ofthe dependent variable. The data was analysed
using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software programme by means of
correlations and regression analyses.
The results showed that although the current selection battery used for the bridging students does
indeed have some value, it only appears to be a poor predictor of the Matric results. Individually,
the SpEEx tests used in the battery evidently were not good predictors of the Matric results,
while the respective beta weights of the individual instruments did confirm that the APM was the
strongest predictor.
Limitations were identified and recommendations for further research were discussed. / Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/203 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Alberts, Philippus Petrus Hermanus |
| Publisher | North-West University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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