ON MY MIND
JON FOSTER-PEDLEY: SA higher education doesn’t work
It’s time to find a new model that meets the country’s needs
23 July 2020 - 05:00
The numbers tell the story: of every 100 SA learners, 60 will sit their matric exams, 37 will pass, 12 will go to university, and only six will complete their undergraduate studies within six years.
In business, this would be considered a hopeless return on investment. And it gets worse. About 45% of the workforce have skills unsuited to the jobs they are doing. The six students who do graduate enter a world where a quarter of the current jobs won’t exist in a few years — replaced by ones we can’t yet imagine...
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