CUT Annual Report 2011

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CUT is pleased to report that the success rates recorded amongst students in the African and Coloured population groups exceeded the
targets set in the Ministerial Statement on Student Enrolment Planning 2011/12 - 2013/14 (April 2011).
Student performance and full-time equivalents (FTEs) across the major fields of study by gender
2010
2011
CESM Category Female Male Total Female Male
Total
BUSINESS/MANAGEMENT
EDUCATION
OTHER HUMANITIES
SCIENCE/ENGINEERING
TECHNOLOGY
Success rate 72.2% 67.4% 70.3% 77.1% 69.8% 74.2%
FTE 1 414 919 2 333 1 328 894 2 222
Success rate 78.7% 76.3% 77.6% 76.1% 74.6% 75.5%
FTE 890 769 1 659 982 829 1 811
Success rate 79.6% 75.5% 78.0% 78.8% 75.4% 77.4%
FTE 1 130 697 1 827 1 080 733 1 812
Success rate 77.5% 68.7% 72.0% 80.5% 73.6% 76.1%
FTE 1 511 2 533 4 044 1 459 2 460 3 919
Total FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE) 4 944 4 918 9 863 4 849 4 915 9 764
Total Course Passes 76.7% 70.6% 73.7% 78.3% 73.3% 75.8%
The table above presents the annual changes in student performance across the major fields of study, by gender. The following
observations are noteworthy:
• The University’s overall success or pass rate increased from 72.4% in 2009 to 73.7% in 2010 and to 75.8% in 2011, which exceeds the
target set by the DHET.
• As in the previous year, the overall success rate of each gender differed in favour of females, with that difference being 5% in 2011.
• In contrast to the previous year’s decline, the success rate in the field of SET improved by 6.1%, from 72.0% in 2010 to 76.1% in 2011.