>Magister Scientiae - MSc / The study explores the completion rates (the number of years a student takes to
complete a degree) of graduates at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in
South Africa. The graduates in the study all did at least one semester of statistics in
their final year of study. The students' completion will be described with respect to
school results and socio-demographics. Differences between students who finished
their studies in the prescribed time of three years and those who took longer than the
prescribed time will be highlighted.
Factors that aid or hinder students from successfully completing their studies in the
prescribed time will be analyzed. An entry selection model will be developed to screen
the students. This will assist with an enrolment strategy.
The most significant result found was that the political environment played the most
significant role in throughput. The next significant result from the study showed that
the grade 12 aggregate played a significant role in throughput. It is suggested that
UWC be proactive in developing alternative methods of selecting students, since the
new Further Education Training (FET) school system, which will be implemented in
2006, will omit the grade 12 aggregate.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/8833 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Latief, Abduraghiem |
| Contributors | Blignaut, R., Kotze, D. |
| Publisher | University of the Western Cape |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | University of the Western Cape |
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