Education Committee
The Education Committee has the onerous task of ensuring that the Cosmetic Science Diploma remains a reputable and sought after qualification within the cosmetic industry . Their key function is to ensure that suitable topics are selected for assignments , product briefs are relevant and that exam papers are representative of the application based nature of the course . They also have to deal with extraneous student issues that arise from time to time and need to ensure that expert lecturers and markers are sourced for the course .
Education Committee Members 2016 Jill Gardiner Chairperson and Education Officer Amanda Dahl Roy Gardiner Elizna Hurter Megan Jones Samantha Louw Conny Oberrauter Chantal O ’ Brien De Villiers Lee-Ann Raaff Cara Roelofse Percy Sibanda Johrinda van Rensburg Ivor Zwane
Cosmetic Science Diploma 2016
Our year kicked off with a more than full intake of 67 students proving yet again the demand and popularity of our Cosmetic Science Diploma Course . Module 1 had 40 students – comprising 19 students in the local course and 21 students in the correspondence version . Module 2 had a record number of 27 students – comprising 12 students in the local course and 15 students in the correspondence version . The number of Module 2 students was particularly high this year , because a number of past students decided to come back and brave the challenges of Module 2 .
A number of changes were introduced into the course material to keep it abreast of the changing industry practices and regulatory environment .
We endeavour to keep our course material relevant and representative of current norms in the cosmetic industry at all times . For this reason we do not recommend that students take a break between Module 1 and Module 2 as the course material is evolving all the time .
The Module 1 students were a mixed batch this year with some of them diving into the course like a duck takes to water , whilst others were definitely needing water wings .
Many of the weaker students manged to stay afloat , but unfortunately some found the course too challenging . Three students retracted from Module 1 during the year and a further eight did not qualify to write the exams . Six of the remaining students failed the October Exams and only three of these qualified to sit the Supplementary Exams .