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GOAL

ENSURE THE IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENT SUCCESS/THROUGHPUT,
PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH DISABILITIES AND FROM HISTORICALLY
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS

in 2022 (84 percent) and 2023 (77 percent), relative to
Graduate Profile and Success Rates males for the same periods, 77 percent and 70 percent,
respectively.

Table 6 shows that a total of 4 712 UG students and 1 103 Table 8 shows a YoY decline in the Student Success Rates
PG students were awarded their respective qualifications. of Coursework Modules across all population groups in
The YoY difference equated to a reduction of 22.8 and 2023, relative to 2022, with an 18 percent difference in the
13.2 percent, respectively. The university did not meet the success rates of African and White students in 2023.
APP targets for 2023.
Interestingly, the scarce skill success rates were high-
Table 6 show an overall decline in the success rate by 8.4 er than the general institutional success rates, with 81
percent, from 81 percent in 2022 to 74 percent in 2023. percent in 2023, relative to 84 percent in 2022. The APP
This is the second consecutive year of decline in success target for 2023 was 87 percent. The specific categories
rates subsequent to face-to-face classes resuming after included as scarce skills are outlined in Table 9.
the COVID-19 lockdown period.
Table 10 shows that the number of research masters grad-
Table 7 shows a YoY decline in the student success rates uates decreased by 7 percent YoY, from 219 in 2022 to
of coursework and research modules across all popula- 204 in 2023. The University missed the APP target by 23
tion groups in 2023, relative to 2022, with a 17 percent dif- percent. However, Doctoral graduates showed a YoY in- Table 9: Institutional Key Performance Areas on Student Success According to Scarce Skills for 2023 Relative to 2022 and 2021.
ference in the success rates of African and White students crease of 12 percent, from 83 in 2022 to 93 in 2023, this
in 2023. Female students maintained higher success rates was also 5.7 percent higher than the APP target.

Table 10: Institutional Key Performance Areas on Research Outputs for 2023 Relative to 2022 and 2021.
Table 6: Institutional Key Performance Areas on Student Success for 2023 Relative to 2022 and 2021.
For the UG 3-year Diplomas, analysis of the 2016 cohort
Improved Throughput Rates showed that 1 out of every four students completed their
studies in the minimum period (25 percent). However, for
the 2017 cohort less than one in four students (24 percent)
Analysis of the throughput rates of the 2016 and 2017 co- completed in the minimum time. Contrasting completion
horts of first-time entering students are reflected in Table time according to population groups showed that 36 per-
11. The highest number of first-time entering enrolments cent of White students from the 2016 cohort completed,
occur in the UG 3-year Diplomas, relative to the other relative to 25 and 18 percent of African and Coloured stu-
qualification types. dent. For the 2017 cohort, 34 percent of White students
completed in the minimum timeframe, relative to 23 and
Table 7: Student Success Rates in Coursework & Research Modules by Table 8: Student Success Rates in Coursework Modules by Population 19 percent of African and Coloured students.
Population Groups and Gender for 2022 and 2023. Groups and Gender for 2022 and 2023.

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