Presenter: PRINCIPAL | CEO (Acting):

Neil Maggott

PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION

AND TRAINING

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GOVERNANCE AND GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION

GOVERNANCE:• Currently NO College Council• Previous Council – 100% constituted• Previous Council term ended 31 December 2013•Minister (DHET) called for nominations in November 2013• Sub Committees of Councils functional up to end 2013• Academic Board• HR Committee• Finance Committee• Audit Committee

•Meetings 1 per quarter (Pre-determined schedule)

GOVERNANCE AND GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION

•GOVERNANCE CONT:

• SRC: All Campus SC constituted for 2014 with Campus SC Chairpersons elected

•Council minutes part of College External Audit

•Currently in a difficult Legislative space – No Council

GOVERNANCE AND GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION

ADMINISTRATION•Principal | Chief Executive Officer (Acting)•3 of 4 Management posts filled•Deputy Principal: Finance – vacant (Requested DHET to advertise for filling in May 2013) – No advert yet•Moratorium placed on the filling of ADMIN posts since 2003 – 26 vacant posts •86% of Administration Posts - College Funded•Current Administration Units – Central Operations:• HR, Finance, Quality, Marketing, MIS, SSS

•No Organogram and post provisioning norms

ENROLMENT PLANNINGENROLMENT PLANNING

•ACADEMIC CALENDAR NOT IN SYNC WITH THE REST OF THE POST-SCHOOL SYSTEM

•NON-ENTRANTS TO UNIVERSITIES AND UNIVERSITIES OF TECHNOLOGY – TOO LATE

ENROLMENT PLANNING – ENROLMENT PLANNING – 2013 (DHET FUNDED)2013 (DHET FUNDED)

FTE’SFTE’S

ENROLMENT PLANNING - 2013 ENROLMENT PLANNING - 2013 (NSF)(NSF)

(FTE’S)(FTE’S)

PLANNED vs. ACTUALS 2013PLANNED vs. ACTUALS 2013(FTE’S)(FTE’S)

ENROLMENT PLANNING – ENROLMENT PLANNING – 20142014

(FTE’S)(FTE’S)

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ADMINISTRATION OF NSFAS ADMINISTRATION OF NSFAS BURSARYBURSARY• Bursary guidelines to be published at the start of the last

quarter of each year• Applications for Bursaries for the following year can

commence in October of each year•On-line application system directly to NSFAS to be

implemented• Approvals to be given before commencement of course•DHET advocacy can commence in September•Means Test criteria – HHI of R 122,000 not reviewed for 3

years• College Bursary Admin done manually

ADMINISTRATION OF THE NSFAS ADMINISTRATION OF THE NSFAS BURSARY – BURSARY –

ALLOCATION 2013/2014ALLOCATION 2013/2014(Student Numbers)(Student Numbers)

YEAR NC(V) REPORT 191 TOTAL

2013 R 30,290,678(2 504)

R 26,276,942(8 654)

R 56,567,620(11 158)

2014 R 29,052,934 R 30,659,580 R 59,713,000

ADMINISTRATION OF NSFAS BURSARY –ADMINISTRATION OF NSFAS BURSARY –PAYMENT SCHEDULE 2013PAYMENT SCHEDULE 2013

DATE SUBMITTED DATE RECEIVED NCV NATED ADVANCE PAYMENT 13 FEBRUARY R 1,654,601.48

ADVANCE PAYMENT 14 FEBRUARY R 2,149,630.56

28 FEB 10 APRIL R 5,436,547.72 R 7,063,071.84

28 FEB - 26 APRIL 24 MAY R 11,363,939.51

30 APRIL – 23 MAY 24 JUNE R 4,244,840.13

19 – 25 APRIL 06 AUGUST R 891,418.60

25 – 30 APRIL 08 AUGUST R 1,377,228.00

25 – 30 APRIL 15 AUGUST R 1,316,468.00

15 MAY 06 SEPTEMBER R 97,880.00

15 & 16 MAY 16 SEPTEMBER R 223,116.00

30 APRIL – 28 JUNE 23 SEPTEMBER R 4,425,293.27 R 1,439,188.00

28 JUNE & 30 SEP (NCV)24 JUNE – 28 SEP, 24 OCT (NATED)

27 DECEMBER R 3,162,866.99 R 11,600,396.33

TOTAL R 30,288,089.10 R 26,158,397.33

CREDIBILITY OF EXAMINATIONSCREDIBILITY OF EXAMINATIONS

•Quality of language in the papers: translations and subject terminology•Errata only arrive at the college > hour after commencement of exam: students left•Marking guidelines by examiners have up to 40% discrepancies•Quality of memorandum poor•No early notice of resources that will be allowed in the exam session

CREDIBILITY OF EXAMINATIONSCREDIBILITY OF EXAMINATIONS•Late publication of results hampers registration for next trimester/semester•NO Examiners and Moderators reports before next enrolment/academic term• Incorrect exam paper in envelop when opened in exam room – N4 Intro: Communication 2012 instead of 2013•Business Studies exam papers exactly the same as previous years•Exams under investigation – delay in release of results

PARTNERSHIPS WITH PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDUSTRIES FOR STUDENT INDUSTRIES FOR STUDENT

PLACEMENTPLACEMENT•No Organisational Structure & Post Provisioning Norms•SLO : KPA to assist colleges.•No IOD cover for learners•Standardise stipends•Statutory requirement for Business•Current Partnerships : 72

WORKPLACE EXPOSURE – WORKPLACE EXPOSURE – STUDENT PLACEMENTSSTUDENT PLACEMENTS

NUMBER OF STUDENTS PLACED IN WORKPLACES FOR EXPERIENTAL TRAINING AS PART OF A QUALIFICATION

N2 OF N2+ HIGHER (ARTISAN DEVELOPMENT)

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L2 – L4 15L5 – L6 OCCUPATIONAL & OTHER

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NUMBER OF STUDENTS PLACED IN WORKPLACES FOR EXPERIENTAL TRAINING (POST QUALIFICATION)

POST NC(V) l4 169POST N6 246

NUMBER OF STUDENTS PLACED IN WORKPLACES FOR WORKPLACE EXPOSURE (DURING QUALIFACTION)

NC(V) 283POST MATRIC: N4 – N6 261

PLACEMENT RATE (%) OF NC(V) AND REPORT 101 COURSE GRADUATES

NC(V) 20%N6 16%

STUDENT HOUSINGSTUDENT HOUSING

• FOUR COLLEGES (18 CAMPUS) WITHIN 50KM RADIUS

• LARGELY OUT-OF-PROVINCE STUDENTS

• HOME-AWAY-FROM-HOME: NO REGARD FOR HOUSE RULES

STUDENT HOUSINGSTUDENT HOUSING

CAMPUS/COMPANY OUTSOURCED

TOTAL BEDS

FACILITY/SERVICE

TYGERBERG CAMPUS (INTERNAL) 232 BED & MEAL SERVICE

BELHAR (OUTSOURCED) 98 SELF CATERINGBELLVILLE/PAROW/GOODWOOD (OUTSOURCED)

227 SELF CATERING

PASS RATE, DROP-OUT AND PASS RATE, DROP-OUT AND THROUGHPUT RATES - NATEDTHROUGHPUT RATES - NATED

Report 191 Engineering Studies 2013

Level Drop-out rate Certification rate

Throughput rate

N1 24% 39% 30%

N2 15% 33% 28%

N3 9% 26% 24%

N4 9% 45% 41%

N5 10% 36% 32%

N6 1% 24% 23%

PASS RATE, DROP-OUT AND PASS RATE, DROP-OUT AND THROUGHPUT RATES THROUGHPUT RATES

Report 191 Business & Utility Studies 2013

Level Drop-out rate

Certification rate

Throughput rate

N4 23% 74% 63%

N5 12% 69% 62%

N6 11% 65% 57%

PASS RATE, DROP-OUT AND PASS RATE, DROP-OUT AND THROUGHPUT RATES THROUGHPUT RATES

NC (V) Engineering Studies 2013

Level Drop-out rate

Certification rate

Throughput rate

L2 30% 16% 11%

L3 15% 11% 10%

L4 6% 20% 20%

PASS RATE, DROP-OUT AND PASS RATE, DROP-OUT AND THROUGHPUT RATES THROUGHPUT RATES

NC (V) Business & Utility Studies 2013

Level Drop-out rate

Certification rate

Throughput rate

L2 20% 74% 59%

L3 14% 57% 48%

L4 11% 59% 53%

ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT PLANACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT PLANENTRANCE

•Developed Placement scales for each Programme.•Developed a Student Course Information Booklet and Induction programmes •All academic staff attend Academic Induction workshops •Educator Manual :Academic Management Plan, Assessment Plan, Intervention Plan and relevant Academic Policies and Procedures.•Career Guidance by Student Support Services.•Identifying at risk students for special monitoring and intervention

ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT PLANACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT PLANON COURSE

•Continues ICASS Guideline Workshops •Assessment/Moderation and Monitoring Workshops for designing Assessment Instruments and –Tools, Building and maintaining Portfolios of Assessment•Regular Subject Focus Group Meetings•Regular class visits by Managers to support lecturers.•Open learning centres at all campuses.•Monthly Academic Managers Monitoring Meetings •Extra classes (Intervention classes).•On-line Level 2 English/ Maths Lit / Mathematics assistance

ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT PLANACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT PLAN• ON COURSE CONT

•Monitoring that students are regularly given homework/assignments • Referrals to the Student Support at Risk programme.• Student Support Mentor/ Mentee programme.• Staff training for Maths/ Math Lit and new curricula. • DHET curriculum (NCV) workshops for new and revised subjects.• Assist with Work Integrated Learning (WIL) by placement of

students in industry.• Invite Guest lecturers/Industry experts to deliver lessons.• Arrange industry visits for student for work exposure.

INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS (2014 – 2015)(2014 – 2015)

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