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Pathways of TVET College learners through TVET Colleges HSRC/DHET LMIP 5 Prof J Papier, Dr L. Powell, S.Needham, T McBride UWC IPSS

Research Study

 The research study was commissioned by the Human Sciences

Research Council (HSRC) and DHET

 The study is located within Theme 5 of the HSRC Labour

Market Intelligence Partnership (LMIP) that has multi-cohort panel studies with a focus on: – Access to post-school training and education – Pathways or trajectories from school and through the post- school sector – Transitions from and through education and training into the labour market

Our Research Questions

 Who accesses and progresses through the NATED

qualification route?

 What are the destinations of NATED graduates at key

exit points?

 What has been the take-up of NATED college

graduates within industry?

Targeted Respondents

 Public TVET College NATED N3 and NATED N6

Engineering Studies graduates in 2013

 NATED N6 Business Studies from 2013  21 000 records obtained from DHET for 50

TVET Colleges

 20 % sample achieved with 4 050 respondents  After cleaning of the data, 3013 respondents

completed the survey

Methodological Findings

 Use of a commercial call centre together with academic inputs

enables large scale longitudinal research

 The lack of accurate data continues to be a problem within the

TVET post-school sector

 Data had to extensively cleaned and duplicates removed,

which takes significant time

 College graduates are difficult to track after graduation as

contact details change frequently

 Paucity of research on the TVET sector does not allow for

benchmarking/comparison over time

Research findings Weighted respondents– by race

96.2% 2.1% 1.5% 0.3% 0.0 25.0 50.0 75.0 100.0 Black Coloured White Asian

Research findings

Profile of respondents (2013)

Female Male 428 168 596 % within COURSE 71.8% 28.2% 100.0% % within GENDER 33.4% 9.7% 19.8% 852 1565 2417 % within COURSE 35.3% 64.7% 100.0% % within GENDER 66.6% 90.3% 80.2% 1280 1733 3013 % within COURSE 42.5% 57.5% 100.0% % within GENDER 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% Total GENDER Total Business Studies Engineering Studies

Research findings Weighted respondents – by age

0.1% 0.3% 5.3% 49.4% 27.6% 17.35% 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 55-64 45-54 35-44 25-34 15-24 Not provided

Research findings

 Graduates received support from colleges (45 % practical

training, 42 % career guidance, 37% workplace exposure). However experiences were uneven and the base line study could not investigate in depth

 17 % of graduates were continuing studies: 45 % of which

were undertaking university qualifications and 24 % enrolled in a learnership.

 Approx 80% of graduates studied in their home towns. For

those who migrated, 73 % did so for better job opportunities.

 Throughput rates for N1-N3 are just over 50% and 45 % for

N4-N6

Research findings Respondents by reason for enrolling at the college

5.60% 35.73% 58.67% I received a bursary I thought it would help me get a job I was interested in that field

Research findings Weighted respondents – by qualification at enrolment

0.5 3.9 5.6 17.6 72.3 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 Not Provided High School Matric: University Pass Matric: Diploma Pass Matric: Certificate/School leavers

Research findings

 52 % of all NATED graduates from the 2013 sample were

employed in 2016

 Male graduates have slightly higher employment rates.  Highest employment rates were from N. Cape (75 % but very

low numbers), NW (59.7 %), WC (59.2) and Gauteng (56.9)

 Prior Matric qualifications improves employment rates  Course of NATED study affects employment. Manufacturing

(100%), Civil Engineering (42%). Public Management (62 %), Public Relations (40%)

 26.5 % of employed graduates are permanently employed and

23.7% in long term contracts.

Research findings

 47.7% % of all NATED graduates from the 2013 sample were

not in employment by mid-2016

 10 % of the total not employed said they were studying  The main reason for studying further was to achieve a higher

qualification to further their careers

 93 % (1298) of the not employed indicated they were looking

for a job and only 7 % (77) said that they were not looking for a job.

 59 % had been unemployed for more than 2 years since

completion and 75 % had been unemployed for 12 months or longer of the 30 months since completion.

Research findings

Employment rates by gender

49.8% 54.2% 52.3%

40.0% 60.0% Female Male Total

Research findings

 Young graduates have lower levels of permanent employment

long term contracts and more women are in short term contracts/internships

 63% of employed graduates earn above R 3 000/pm. 20 %

earned between R 5-10 000 and 14.6 % earned more than R 10 000 pm. Women earn less than men.

 Engineering Studies has higher earning jobs than Business

Studies.

 Only 6 % of graduates were self-employed.  Over 90 % of unemployed graduates were actively seeking a

job even though 29 % had been unemployed for a year.

Research findings Percentage employed by N3 and N6

48.2% 57.3% 52.3% 0% 25% 50% 75% N3 N6 Natl Average

Research Findings

Employment by Employment Contract Type

34.4% 23.7% 26.5% 15.4% Internship/Apprencticeship Long term contract (more than 6 months) Permanent Short term contract (6 months or less)

Methodology Issues

 DHET databases should have unitised records for appropriately

disaggregated information

 Critical need to establish ongoing longitudinal studies as

• pposed to disparate baseline studies that do not enable

comparisons

 A national EMIS for the post-school sector that is accessible to

researchers

 Specialised survey providers enable capacity for DHET to

engage in longitudinal large scale qualitative and quantitative research

Thank you jpapier@uwc.ac.za lesleyjpowell@gmail.com tmcbride@uwc.ac.za sneedham@uwc.ac.za