ANNUAL REPORT 2014/15

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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2014/15 Annual Report
Information) of this Annual Report.
2.1. Service Delivery Environment
2.1.1 Introduction
out in its 2010/11 to 2014/15 Strategic Plan and the 2014/15 Annual Performance Plan. The attainment of the pre-
Programme 1: Administration; Programme 2: Human Resource Development, Planning
and Monitoring Coordination; Programme 3: University Education; Programme 4: Vocational and Continuing
Education and Training and Programme 5: Skills Development.
2.1.2 University Education
Education consisting of universities and national higher education institutes) and the private sector (consisting
of private Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)). The service delivery environment covers both these sectors,
considers each sector respectively.
a) An overview of the public university education service delivery environment
The total student headcount enrolment at the 23 fully established universities reached 983 698 in the 2013
National Development Plan (NDP) and the White Paper for Post-School Education and Training (PSET), 2013.
The total number of university graduates per annum for this period has also increased by 24.3%, from 145 428
the system is improving its outputs, since the increase in graduates is greater than the increase in headcount
enrolments. Notably, the number of Research Masters and Doctoral (PhD) graduates increased at a higher
to 2 051 during the same period.
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