UNIVERSITIES SA ADVANCING PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION VOICE OF SA’S PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES Ahmed C Bawa Chief Executive Officer 23-24 March 2017 National Skills Conference Irene

preamble…HIGHER ED FUNDAMENTAL TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES Building competitive local, regional and national economies Shaping and contributing to our nation-building projects Addressing deep socioeconomic inequalities through creating the conditions for social and economic mobility Addressing the national social justice agenda through its research and teaching

preamble….SOME NUMBERS Decline in dropout rates Increase in graduation rates Graduates STEM Graduates 2012 165,986 48,848 2014 185,375 55,574 Number of students in 1994: ±500,000 Number of students in 2014: ±1,000,000 __________________________________ % African students: 72% % Women students: 58% Success Rates: 82% (Contact) 68% (Distance) 30% (STEM), 40% (H&SS), 30% (B, C, M)

BLOOM’S TAXONOMY

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

SOME ANECDOTES Feedback from employers of engineering graduates. Logistics in Belgium: Integration of innovation culture, thinking and activities into workplace environment. And their lessons Integrate cognitive, attitude and psychomotor learning at all levels – especially in PSET sector. Innovation has roots in workplace environment.

POLICY SUGGESTIONS Psychomotor, Cognitive and Affective Domains are central to all levels of education Address the nature of the Knowledge Project of the PSET sector. See learning and teaching across the sector as a continuum rather than as balkanised subsectors. See the workplace – at all levels – as central to the learning project.

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