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McCaul, G. J. – Industrial Training International, 1972
An overview of manpower development and its problems in South Africa. (AN)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Industrial Training, Labor Force Development, Labor Needs
Peer reviewedKing, Edmund – International Review of Education, 1979
Because South Africa has a critical shortage of skilled industrial personnel, new work opportunities are appearing for the disadvantaged Black majority. This will, in turn, require a rapid reorientation of the country's educational system, especially at the postcompulsory level, to provide Blacks with the necessary vocational skills. (SJL)
Descriptors: Black Employment, Blacks, Educational Change, Equal Education
Peer reviewedBruwer, Johan de W.; Fox, William – South African Journal of Higher Education, 1996
Examination of the employment situation of South Africa's recent university graduates finds many are taking jobs of lower status and income than graduates of previous periods, resulting in underemployment. A study of employment levels and labor demand in 812 companies suggests strategic enrollment management could play an important role in…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns, Enrollment Management
Peer reviewedKraak, Andre – South African Journal of Higher Education, 1996
Describes the current South African university curriculum and degree structure, and proposes a new, more flexible model of academic progression that aims to improve articulation within the university system and between vocational/technical and higher education. The model is also intended to satisfy an emerging labor market need for more graduates…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education), Bachelors Degrees
Download full textLee, Young-Hyun; Cho, Jeong-Yoon; Tau, Alfred; Pereira, Clarence A. – 2002
A comparison of vocational training and technical qualification systems in Korea and South Africa shows both countries are responding to similar changes in economic and enterprise structures. South Africa's work experience learnership system is more desirable than Korea's more traditional separation between formal education and workplace training,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Comparative Education, Credits
