| • | Poor throughput pass percentages at undergraduate and postgraduate levels amongst black students (mainly due to socio-economic problems) |
| • | A focus primarily on technical skills, which leaves students unprepared for the life skills in their professions |
| • | Many historically black institutions are still unable to achieve accreditation |
| • | A lack of funding leads to many black students studying on a part-time basis. This in turn means that they take longer to obtain a tertiary qualification |
| • | Lack of an effective learning model - many students work hard but not effectively |
| • | Lack of mentoring and monitoring contribute to a high dropout level and poor throughput pass percentages |
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| • | To widen the scope of tertiary education to include life skill training and socio-economic coping mechanisms |
| • | To attain uniformity of standards among all tertiary institutions |
| • | To improve the provision of bursaries for the development of black CAs |
| • | To provide more and better supervision with regard to bursaries |
| • | To provide support mechanisms for black students at tertiary level, financially and particularly socially |
| • | To work with accredited universities in increasing the black student numbers and pass percentages of students not on a Thuthuka programme |
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| • | RAU Ex-CIDA: Undergraduate students project 2004 |
| • | University of Fort Hare/Limpopo: Workplace readiness project 2005 |
| • | University of Fort Hare/Limpopo: Workplace readiness project 2006 (approved in 2005) |
| • | Eastern Cape: Education upliftment project |
| • | KwaZulu-Natal/Limpopo: Education upliftment project |
| • | University of Fort Hare: Fourth-year student support |
| • | University of Johannesburg: Third-year student support |
| • | Thuthuka Board Fund programme |
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| • | Increased number of students entering tertiary institutions studying towards CA(SA) |
| • | Students numbers that are representative of the population demographics both with regard to gender and race |
| • | Pass percentages of all race and gender groups are equal |
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