South Africa Distance Education

South African Distance Educationpresented by Garen Yöndem

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Headlines

• Beginning of Distance Education in South Africa (SA)

• Distance Education in SA by the Numbers

• Distance Education Programs in SA

Beginning of Distance Education in South Africa• University of the Cape of Good Hope

1873

• The University of South Africa

(UNISA) 1946

• Merged with Technikon Southern

Africa 2004

• Today it is the only distance

education university of South Africa

Distance Education in South Africa by the Numbers• Over 350.000 students including both international and African

students from 137 countries worldwide

• Constitutes 36% of all higher education students in the country

• 20% Bachelor’s degree

• 12% Master’s degree

• 9% Doctorate degree

Distance Education Programs in South AfricaAs of 2004;

• Humanities and Social Sciences

(59%)

• Business and Management Sciences

(29%)

• Engineering and Technology Science

(11%)

Thank You

Garen Yöndem

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learning option in South Africa?. Careersportal.co.za. Retrieved November 1, 2013, from http://www.careersportal.co.za/universities/universities/1316-is-unisa-the-only-distance-learning-option-in-south-africa.html

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_South_Africa

• http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.html