sector skills plan for the health sector in south africa

Table 5-10 Number of health-related qualifications awarded by the public higher education sector: 1999 to 2008
CESM Category Qualification Type 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 AAG
Basic Health
Care Sciences
Clinical Health
Sciences
Rehabilitation
and Therapy
National diploma (3 years) 250 224 234 381 439 550 428 558 392 571 9.6
First Bdegree (3 years) 102 185 199 375 348 381 516 430 407 470 18.5
First Bdegree (4 years) 259 837 625 769 788 863 1 579 1 197 1 152 679 11.3
National diploma (3 years) 311 398 387 339 306 213 171 172 163 267 -1.7
First Bdegree (3 years) 157 272 421 283 180 133 234 203 156 191 2.2
First Bdegree (4 years) 1 600 1 485 1 473 1 968 1 586 1 613 1 726 1 517 1 712 2 103 3.1
National diploma (3 years) 103 104 107 142 195 169 249 249 249 161 5.1
First Bdegree (3 years) 11 30 27 51 27 30 10 7 19 25 9.7
First Bdegree (4 years) 485 471 618 960 705 634 708 714 823 863 6.6
Pharmaceutical
Science First Bdegree (4 years) 392 393 360 521 380 491 367 308 387 392 0.0
Emergency
Service
Public Health
Veterinary
Health Sciences
General Health
Sciences
Total
Source: DHET, HEMIS.
National diploma (3 years) 27 229 131 7 24 21 42 21 49 58 8.9
First Bdegree (3 years) 0 377 293 13 194 6 9 6 3 14
First Bdegree (4 years) 10 0 1 5 5 1 9 1 15 171
National diploma (3 years) 140 127 108 212 196 126 233 212 211 176 2.6
First Bdegree (3 years) 153 2 6 53 3 62 33 32 25 24 -18.5
First Bdegree (4 years) 304 250 199 198 229 173 334 304 346 515 6.0
National diploma (3 years) 36 65 55 78 38 38 58 17 13 13 -10.7
First Bdegree (4 years) 27 98 131 147 106 110 122 96 81 100 15.6
National diploma (3 years) 53 22 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
First Bdegree (3 years) 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 29 19
National diploma (3 years) 920 1 169 1 049 1 164 1 198 1 117 1 181 1 229 1 077 1 246 3.4
First Bdegree (3 years) 430 867 947 775 752 612 802 692 639 743 6.3
First Bdegree (4 years) 3 077 3 534 3 407 4 568 3 799 3 885 4 844 4 137 4 515 4 822 5.1
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