Throughout one’s school career Grade 12 – Matric – is viewed as the ultimate year, the year in which you have to account for what you learned in the decade before, and the year whose
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The job market has become such a competitive environment that many new graduates are unemployed even though they have the right qualifications and a comprehensive skillset. Being qualified and being employable are two separate things
Some of the amendments proposed to the Higher Education Act could have the unintended impact of limiting the support of distance education students through partnerships between institutions, which could seriously impact students’ chances of success,
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