Current Situation of SA Education Market
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Education received the biggest slice of South African National Budget 2013.
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Government keen on leveraging the quality of education and the number of Technology based professors in South Africa.
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Two new universities, in Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape, would finally commence this year.
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Authorities are expecting an increase in student enrollment in Higher Education Systems from 910,000 to 990,000 by 2015.
Fun Facts about South African Education Market
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Student Enrollment in Public higher education systems = 938201
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Number of Public Higher Education Institutions = 23
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Number of public Higher education institutions that provide distance education = 9
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Contact Program Enrollment = 59%
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Distance Education Enrollment = 41%
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UNISA - Holds the record for one-third of Student Enrollemt
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UNISA - Exclusively for Distance Education
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85% of all distance education students in SA are enrolled in UNISA