Cape Town – A proposal to extend university courses by a year would see an additional 28 percent of students graduate.

A Council for Higher Education report released this week revealed shockingly low university graduation numbers.

Just 50 percent of students graduated and less than 5 percent of young African and coloured people succeeded in tertiary education, it said.

A task team appointed by the council had proposed a flexible curriculum structure in which courses would be extended by a year to give students the academic and social foundation needed to succeed.
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