Factors affecting the enrolment rate of students in Higher Education Institutions in the Gauteng province, South Africa
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Date
2018
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SAGE
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to investigate and analyse higher education institutions' enrolment and
drop-out rates within the Gauteng province, South Africa. Large-scale secondary data from the General
Household Survey, obtained from Statistics South Africa (2012) were used. This study's findings show that
finance, orphan-hood, transport to the higher education institutions and, to a lesser extent, unplanned
pregnancies, are some of the main factors that affect the enrolment rate of students. This study hopes to
be useful to policy-makers, research managers and other decision-makers within the higher education (HE)
landscape.
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Finance, Race, Gender, Drop-out rate, Child labour, Gauteng, South Africa
Citation
Matsolo, M.J. et al. (2018). Factors affecting the enrolment rate of students in Higher Education Institutions in the Gauteng province, South Africa. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 53(1): 64 - 80