{"id":60787,"date":"2014-06-19T11:56:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T09:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=60787"},"modified":"2014-06-19T12:15:04","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T10:15:04","slug":"low-university-attendance-amongst-blacks-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/60787\/low-university-attendance-amongst-blacks-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Low university attendance amongst blacks in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Black South African student attendance rates at tertiary level remains proportionally low in comparison with the Indian\/Asian and white population groups.<\/p>\n

This is according to the General Household Survey (GHS), conducted by Stats SA between January and December 2013.<\/p>\n

The survey estimates that 740,893 students were enrolled at higher education institutions (universities and universities of technology) in 2013.<\/p>\n

Almost two-thirds (66.4%) of these students were black African, while 22.3% were white; 6.7% coloured and 4.7% Indian\/Asian.<\/p>\n

The survey noted, however, that even though most students were black African, the student participation rate of this population group remained proportionally low.<\/p>\n

StatsSA’s research showed that less than 4.3% of persons aged 18 to 29 were enrolled at a higher education institution in the country \u00a0\u2500\u00a0 up from 4% in 2002.<\/p>\n

An estimated 18.7% of white individuals in this age group and 9.2% of Indian\/Asian individuals were enrolled at a university compared to 3.1% of the coloured and 3.2% of the black African population groups.<\/p>\n

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Distribution of students by group<\/p><\/div>\n

The study found that 77.8% of students were enrolled at public institutions. More than one \u2010 third<\/p>\n

Approximate 84.8% of students paid R4, 000 or more per year in tuition fees, and 7% reportedly did not pay fees, while 18% of students benefited from bursaries or fee reductions, the report said.<\/p>\n

StatsSA said that the percentage of individuals aged 20 years and older who have attained Grade 12 has been growing since 2002, increasing from 21.9% in 2002 to 27.7% in 2013.<\/p>\n

Over the same period, the percentage of individuals with some post \u2010 school education increased from 9.3% to 12.8%, it found.<\/p>\n

There were approximately 14 million learners at school in 2013.<\/p>\n

The survey noted that 73.5% of persons aged 5\u201324 were attending educational institutions which is about the same than in 2002 when the attendance rate was 73.6%.<\/p>\n

“A lack of money for fees remains the primary reason for a large proportion of individuals in this age group who were not studying,” StatsSA said.<\/p>\n

The percentage of individuals without any schooling decreased from 10.6% in 2002 to 5.6% in 2013.<\/p>\n

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