A comparison of the performance of learners transitioning from TVET college and their certificated high-school counterparts

Authors

  • Rodney Stops Durban University of Technology
  • Darren Lortan Durban University of Technology
  • Deepak Singh Durban University of Technology
  • Suresh Ramsuroop Cape Peninsula University of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14426/jovacet.v5i1.241

Keywords:

Articulation, TVET, admission requirements, STEM, engineering, throughput

Abstract

Situated in an Engineering Department at a University of Technology, this quantitative research, traversing the fields of Engineering, Mathematics and Education and using the positivism paradigm or ‘science research’, investigated the efficacy of the National Articulation Policy. According to this policy, learners not gaining direct entry to a University of Technology armed with a Senior Certificate or a National Senior Certificate (SC/NSC) may progress or ‘articulate’ into a chosen Engineering programme after attending a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college. Employing statistical analysis on cohorts of learners from TVET colleges, this study was able to determine that there was no statistically significant difference between the performance of the articulating learners and that of their SC/NSC counterparts straight out of high school.

Author Biographies

Rodney Stops, Durban University of Technology

Rodney Stops is a lecturer in the Department of Electrical Power Engineering at the Durban University of Technology. He has over 29 years of lecturing experience and has a passion for Articulation and is using research in Education and Articulation to benefit present and future students.

Darren Lortan, Durban University of Technology

Darren Lortan is an Associate Professor and the head of department of Mathematics at the Durban University of Technology. His interests outside of Mathematics include Community Engagement and Articulation in and across the Post-School Education and Training Sector. He is the Project Coordinator of the Unfurling Post-School Education and Training (UPSET) Articulation Project.

Deepak Singh, Durban University of Technology

Deepak Singh has an MSc in Physics with research areas including Statistical Physics. He lectures in the Department of Physics at the Durban University of Technology.

Suresh Ramsuroop, Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Suresh Ramsuroop is an Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering and the assistant dean in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. He has over 33 years of industrial and academic experience. His current research interests include Computational Chemical Thermodynamics, Process Synthesis, and Design and Engineering Education.

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Published

17-11-2022

How to Cite

Stops, R., Lortan, D., Singh, D., & Ramsuroop, S. (2022). A comparison of the performance of learners transitioning from TVET college and their certificated high-school counterparts. Journal of Vocational, Adult and Continuing Education and Training, 5(1), 23. https://doi.org/10.14426/jovacet.v5i1.241

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2022)

Section

Articles