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

Research findings Profile of respondents (2013) GENDER Female Male Total 428 168 596 % within 71.8% 28.2% 100.0% Business Studies COURSE % within 33.4% 9.7% 19.8% GENDER 852 1565 2417 % within 35.3% 64.7% 100.0% Engineering Studies COURSE % within 66.6% 90.3% 80.2% GENDER 1280 1733 3013 Total % within 42.5% 57.5% 100.0% COURSE % within 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% GENDER

Research findings Weighted respondents – by age Not provided 17.35% 15-24 27.6% 25-34 49.4% 35-44 5.3% 45-54 0.3% 55-64 0.1% 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0

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

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 60.0% 54.2% 52.3% 49.8% 40.0% 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 75% 57.3% 52.3% 50% 48.2% 25% 0% N3 N6 Natl Average

Research Findings Employment by Employment Contract Type Internship/Apprencticeship 15.4% Long term contract (more than 6 34.4% months) 26.5% Permanent Short term contract (6 months or 23.7% less)

Methodology Issues  DHET databases should have unitised records for appropriately disaggregated information  Critical need to establish ongoing longitudinal studies as opposed 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