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Assessing the usability of the Western Cape Graduate Destination Survey for the analysis of labour market outcomes >

Graduate destination studies have the potential to provide detailed information about graduate transitions to work that cannot easily be collected in household surveys. However, response rates are typically very low and raise the concern that the non...

Credit constraints and the racial gap in post-secondary education in South Africa >

This paper analyses the impact of high school household income and scholastic ability on post-secondary enrolment in South Africa. Using longitudinal data from the Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS), we analyse the large racial gaps in the proportion of hi...

Planning for graduate tracer studies in the South African Post-Schooling Sector: Findings from a study of the usability of graduate destination surveys for the analysis of labour market coutcomes >

This presentation shares the findings of the study of the usability of graduate destination surveys for the analysis of labour market outcomes, under the auspices of the Planning for graduate tracer studies in the South African post-schooling sector...

Sample selection in the WCGDS: Analysing the impact for employment analyses >

The presentationexamined non-response in the Western Cape Graduate Destination Study (WCGDS) in detail in order to document procedures used in the survey and their impact on outcomes to provide a resource for those using these data and for those plan...

Skills mismatch and informal sector participation among educated immigrants: Evidence from South Africa >

Using South African census data, we show that immigrants with tertiary education from different origin country groups differ in their likelihood of obtaining a skilled job. Immigrants from advanced country groups outperform native internal migrants,...

Post-basic education and training and poverty reduction in South Africa: Progress to 2004 and Vision to 2014 >

In this paper, the authors explore the rationale for a focus on PBET as a major tool in poverty reduction in South Africa. This requires a consideration of the specific pattern of development of South Africa through colonialism, Apartheid and ten yea...

Reflections from studies >

This presentation details some reflections on case studies. Themes covered include trust and partnerships as a central component of a relational system; and what mechanisms can facilitate these processes.

Employability and curriculum responsiveness in post-school education and training >

The relationship between educational processes and the employment of individuals is a significant policy concern and a widely debated social issue in South Africa. The apparent mismatch between industry needs and the educational outcomes of the South...

Enhancing curriculum responsiveness to local skills needs: Towards a manual for DHET >

This presentation addresses the following key questions related to enhancing curriculum responsiveness to local skills needs: What is the problem? Tensions between central and local. International trends What is currently possible? Developing a progr...

Evaluation of The Institute for The National Development of Learnership, Employment Skills and Labour Assessments (NATIONAL ARTISAN DEVELOPMENT) >

The purpose of this evaluation is to provide an independent and objective examination of the implementation of the NQF Act, including its associated policies and regulations, relative to its goal(s) and objectives. The evaluation also seeks to identi...

FET college lecturers: The 'devolving' link in the South African skills development equation >

National attention on the role of skills development has focused on the role of Further Education and Training (FET) colleges in providing intermediate-level education and training necessary to meet the South African national development challenge. I...

Local Government Best Practice in Waste Recycling, Reuse, and Recovery Progress in Commitment 5 of the Green Economy Accord >

Current waste management practices follow a linear approach associated with ‘use and disposal,’ imposing pressure on natural resources to sustain future generations. In addition, increasing populations, rapid urbanisation, industrialisation and consu...

Report on the Feasibility Study in Using Shared Services Approach to Enhance Service Delivery and Financial Viability of Local Municipalities >

The shared services approach has become popular in local government systems, globally and South Africa, which seeks to enhance the quality and efficiency of service delivery. A mixed method approach was adopted to conduct surveys and interviews with...

The marketing of public FET colleges in South Africa: Issues for policy and practice >

This paper considers the rising trend of introducing marketing practices into public education through the lens of South African further education and training colleges. It provides a review of the international literature on 'for-profit' and 'non-pr...

An examination of the vocational education and training reform debate in Southern Africa >

This paper explores the role that vocational education and training (VET) can play in Southern African responses to major socio-economic challenges. It argues that this role will be most pronounced if it is articulated within a broader educational an...

Beyond aid effectiveness: The development of the South African further education and training college sector, 1994–2009 >

The current dominant account of aid to education focuses on schooling and official development assistance and talks in terms of policy work, donor harmonisation and, increasingly, budgetary support. However, this approach is limited in a number of wa...

Capabilities, innovation and skills development: Towards a new approach to planning post-school education and training in South Africa >

This presentationaddresses the challenge of developing a new planning approach for South African post-school education and training. Questions posed include: How do we address skills gaps in South Africa to improve alignment between what the E and T...

Reimagining the purpose of VET: Expanding the capability to aspire in South African Further Education and Training students >

This paper applies the capabilities approach to the broader debate of the role of vocational education and training (VET) in poverty alleviation. The capabilities approach provides an approach for conceptualising and evaluating VET which differs in o...

The marketing of public FET colleges in South Africa: Issues for policy and practice >

This paper considers the rising trend of introducing marketing practices into public education through the lens of South African further education and training colleges. It provides a review of the international literature on 'for-profit' and 'non-pr...

The role of education in development: An educationalist's response to some recent work in development economics >

This paper delves beneath the widespread belief that education (often repackaged as human capital) is important in development to consider the role that the discipline of education plays in shaping the wider discourses of development. In particular,...

Vocational education and training for sustainability in South Africa: The role of public and private provision >

This paper considers the role that skills development has in the sustainability of the South African political-economic project. It explores some of the disarticulations of public policy and argues that these both undermine public sector delivery and...

Vocational education and training for development: A policy in need of a theory? >

The current decade has seen a significant return of interest in vocational education and training (VET) amongst the international policy community. This rise in policy and programmatic interest in VET's role in development, however, stands in contras...

Between a rock and a hard place: Understanding the balance between access and efficiency in South African higher education >

The article argues for a case for a 'revisioning' of the education policy-implementation nexus in the South African higher education sector. It is proposed that the well-meaning idealism expressed in policy pronouncements is necessarily subject to a...

Motor Research Project: Employment and educational and skills audit of the merSETA Motor Chamber (first interim report) >

Business Enterprises at the University of Pretoria (BE at UP) was appointed to conduct high impact research for the Motor Chamber of merSETA. Decision-makers at merSETA realised that there are various challenges pertaining to skills required by the M...

Motor Research Project: Employment and educational and skills audit of the merSETA Motor Chamber (second report) >

his is the second interim report of the Employment and Educational and Skills Audit research project of the merSETA Motor Chamber. The first report focused on the impact study and this report is a logical continuation of the first report. Since merSE...

Motor Research Project: Employment and educational and skills audit of the merSETA Motor Chamber (third report) >

This is a draft strategy report on the research project for the Motor chamber of merSETA. The purpose of this report is to submit an implementation strategy following the findings of the following reports as well as additional desktop research and st...

Recent internal migration and labour market outcomes: Exploring the 2008 and 2010 National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) panel data >

The main objectives and broad questions of this presentation are: Within the LMIP - paper explores the NIDS data - through recent migration; main research question: are there links between recent migrations of individuals (x) and employment status/la...

Better foresters Stellenbosch and forest industry >

This presentation focuses on the relationship between Stellenbosch and the forest industry with regard to the role of universities, industry and education partnerships, and with reference to the 2010-2012 Graduate survey.

Getting the questions right: Workforce planning vs planning for human capability development >

This presentation at Session 3, of the Research Colloquium on skills planning answers the question: How do we plan to meet South Africa's skills needs?

A catchment study around the location of TVET colleges (Boland TVET College) >