Future SA Volume 5 - 2025 | Page 58

Higher Education

The essential checklist

for future success

IN 2025, THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR UNDERGRADUATE UNIVERSITY DEGREES VASTLY EXCEEDED THE AVAILABLE UNIVERSITY SPACES, WITH REPORTS INDICATING THAT SOME INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION HAD RECEIVED APPLICATIONS MORE THAN 30 TIMES THEIR CAPACITY. THIS MEANS THAT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PROSPECTIVE SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS ARE NOW LEFT AT A CROSSROADS WITH REGARD TO THEIR TERTIARY EDUCATION.
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