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The overall headcount increased by 1.6 percent relative to Interventions are being implemented to address this
2020 (see Table 2). First-time entering student enrolments decline. A contributing factor is that many of our UG
increased by 10.8 percent and undergraduate (UG) students cannot continue with PG studies because the
headcount by 3.1 percent, relative to 2020. However, National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) does not
Postgraduate (PG) enrolments decreased by 7.6 percent, support PG studies.
relative to 2020 and below the 2021 target by 9.1 percent.

TABLE 2:
INSTITUTIONAL KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS ON STUDENT ACCESS FOR 2021 RELATIVE TO
2019 AND 2020
KEY PERFORMANCE AREA HEMIS HEMIS 2020 HEMIS YEAR ON 2021 ACTUAL
2019 AUDITED 2021 2ND YEAR TARGET VERSUS
AUDITED SUBMISSION CHANGE TARGET
VARIANCE
A. Access
Headcount totals
First-time entering undergraduates 6 355 5 295 5 865 10.8% 5 460 7.4%
Headcount enrolments 29 490 29 286 29 767 1.6% 29 786 -0.1%
Headcount enrolments (Foundation 1 840 2 088 2 388 14.4% 2 435 -1.9%
Provisioning)
Headcount enrolments total UG 25 044 25 367 26 162 3.1% 25 746 1.6%
Headcount enrolments total PG 4 076 3 731 3 446 -7.6% 3 791 -9.1%
Occasional Students 370 188 159 -15.4% 249 -36.1%

* Key:
■ Target met or exceeded
■ Trend needs to be monitored
■ Target not met and corrective action required
■ Data not final and performance indicator will still improve
Access and success for postgraduate students have comprising of 80 percent Black (African, Coloured, Indian
been enhanced through funding for scholarships and and Asian) and 59 percent female students. Of the awards
research capacity development interventions. Overall, 372 offered, 881 (59 percent) were taken up by students, of
Honours, 755 Masters and 360 Doctoral scholarships were which 79 percent were Black and 61 percent were female
awarded with funding from Council, the NRF and other students.
external funders. This represented a total of 1 487 awards
AWARDED UPTAKE
Postgraduate Total No % No % Total Total No % No %
Scholarships Awarded Blacks Black Female Female Uptake Uptake (%) Blacks Black Female Female
Honours NRF 87 75 86% 68 78% 61 70% 50 82% 47 77%
Honours PGRS 236 196 83% 164 69% 174 74% 137 79% 135 78%
Honours 49 46 94% 26 53% 49 100% 46 94% 26 53%
Other*

Honours Total 372 317 85% 258 69% 284 76% 233 82% 208 73%
Masters NRF 38 25 66% 22 58% 25 66% 17 68% 15 60%
Masters PGRS 660 498 75% 386 58% 305 46% 237 78% 175 57%
MastersOther* 57 52 91% 40 70% 56 98% 51 91% 40 71%
Masters Total 755 575 76% 448 59% 386 51% 305 79% 230 60%
Doctoral NRF 59 51 86% 37 63% 47 80% 40 85% 33 70%
Doctoral 277 226 82% 121 44% 142 51% 104 73% 64 45%
PGRS
Doctoral
Other* 24 17 71% 8 33% 22 92% 15 68% 6 27%

Doctoral Total 360 294 82% 166 46% 211 59% 159 75% 103 49%
Grand Total 1487 1186 80% 872 59% 881 59% 697 79% 541 61%

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