It gives me great pleasure to write the Education Committee Annual report for 2019. The report
presents the work and progress of the Education Committee in the execution of its duties and
responsibilities to ensure the Coschem Cosmetic Course remains the most sought-after course by
upholding the highest standards that has been set.
To achieve this the committee has enormous task of reviewing and updating Course units to meet
the current standards, ensure that suitable topics for assignments, product briefs are relevant,
ensure that lecture delivery and exams are representative of the content.
Education Committee Members
Kudzai Kahle Gwazira
Percy Sibanda
Amanda Dahl
Elizna Hurter
Megan Jones
Conny Oberrauter
Samantha Pols
Lee-Ann Raaff
Chantel O’Brien de Villiers
Johrinda van Rensburg
Stephani Gompel
Juanita Moolman
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Chairperson
Vice Chairperson
Some of the areas of responsibilities of the
Education Committee include
• to work with and advise the Education
Officer on request or proactively on all
Coschem Cosmetic Course issues.
• to monitor and evaluate whether and how
our education policy goals are being
realised, including reporting regularly on
the progress of the course to Council
• to contribute to the development of the
Course.
Cosmetic Science Course 2019
The Cosmetic Course continues to be the most
sought-after course, this is evident on
registration where the course still fills overnight.
Thanks to the Committee for ensuring that South
African Cosmetic Industry have access to a
Course that is both relevant and current.
2019 intake was impressive as both Modules
were full. Module 1 had 43 students- 20 Local
and 23 Correspondence. Module 2 had a total of
21 students (10 Local and 11 correspondence).
We continue to draw attention from students
outside our borders-this year 2019 (under
review) we had students from Namibia,
Nigeria and Zimbabwe. We also had a student
from America which just go a long way to show
how the course has evolved over time and also
manifest the highest level of expertise in delivery
of Correspondence option.
The Committee continues to stand firm on the
level of education that the course offers,
students are therefore urged to dedicate their
time and effort accordingly. Along the way the
course takes its toll on the students, by way of
retracting for personal reasons and or simply
realising that they can’t meet the exam criteria
and therefore cannot continue further and for
those who soldier on some are rewarded and
some unfortunately do not meet the exam
criteria (see discussion on results below).
Those students who manage to finish we are
confident that they are a great asset to the
Industry.
The Exams this year were written at three
venues scattered across South Africa-mainly
in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town and
we had one venue in Nigeria. Of the initial 43
students in Module 1, 33 managed to meet the
Exam criteria of those who wrote, 15 passed and
seven managed to meet supplementary exam
requirements and there were 11 fails.
In Module 2 of the initial 21 students 14
managed to meet the Exam criteria 11 out of the
14 passed, one managed to meet the
supplementary exam requirements and there
were two fails.
The overall exam results were not as good as
last year in relation to the number of students
passing but the overall quality of results for those
who passed were excellent. In Module 1 we had
one Distinction and a couple with 70%, the
highest in Module 1 was 79%. In Module 2 we
had two Distinctions 76% and 75% respectively
and three students who were above 70%.
Top Module 1 student was Yanishka Francis a
correspondence student. Top Module 2- Jill
Gardiner award was Emma Emmerich a local
student. Feisal Jessub had the most or best
creative presentation for the project and snapped
the Creativity Award. The Norman Sanan award,
which is for the best M2 Project was awarded to
Jennifer Rogers who is a Local student.
The achievements described in this report would
not have been possible without the hard work
and dedication of the Education Committee.
Thank you to all Education Committee members
and a special note of appreciation to my mentor
Jill Gardner and Roy Gardner who left me in an
excellent position to take over the well-oiled
machine that I wish to keep intact. Thank you for
the effort and hard work.