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Key Performance Indicators
2022
Performance
2023
Performance
Reason/s for Deviation
Target
Achieved (Audited)
Target
Achieved
Business/ management
11490.000
13502.500
117.52%
11276.000
13815.917
122.52%
The business /management headcount was further increased by 5% against the 2022 target. The 22.5% over enrolment (2 539 students) needs stricter control mechanisms to be implemented at FTEN level. Over enrolment at the PG level has contributed to this positive deviation. In time, this will increase research outputs and DHET subsidies. Strategies are required to ensure that the large increase at Master’s level (MBA) have a high graduation rate.
% Business/ management
36.904%
42.078%
114.02%
36.702%
42.431%
115.61%
Education
1413.000
1776.333
125.71%
1699.000
1822.417
107.26%
The School of Education headcount exceeded the target by 7.3%, largely due to the introduction of newly- approved programmes, particularly the Adult and Community Education programme, and pipeline students from the 25.7% over target in 2022. This deviation will normalise as more accurate targets are set, considering the rollout of new programmes approved by CHE.
% Education
4.538%
5.536%
121.99%
5.530%
5.597%
101.21%
Other humanities
4477.000
4195.417
93.71%
4962.000
4224.583
85.14%
The failure to meet the enrolment target in 2023 (-14.86%) in the other humanities is attributed to several factors: the inability to meet FTEN intake goals in Eco-Tourism
in Pietermaritzburg; high dropout rates in the Faculty of Management Sciences, and a nearly 10% decrease compared to 2022 intake figures. Targeted recruitment interventions
will be implemented this year, with a specific focus on DUT feeder schools to address these challenges.
% Other humanities
14.379%
13.074%
90.92%
16.151%
12.974%
80.33%
FTE (full-time equivalent) enrolment
23600.000
26594.31
112.69%
23657.000
27092.00
114.52%
In 2023, FTE enrolment exceeded expectations by 14%, following a 12% increase reported in 2022.
This significant increase is primarily attributed to over enrolment and a large number of pipeline students, coupled with a decline in throughput rates.
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