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Figure 20 illustrates a consistent decrease in dropout rates over time, from 30% in 2018 to 21% in 2021. There was a shift of 7% between 2020 and 2021, indicating a substantial improvement, which impacts on the minimum +1-year dropout as well. This indicates that we are successfully keeping more students enrolled, leading to a corresponding increase in the minimum time required to complete their studies in 2021.
Figure 20. Dropout rates for 3-year diploma/degree programmes (2016–2021 cohorts)
Staff Qualifications
TABLE 4:
Qualification of instructional/ research staff, 2019–2023
Research Outputs
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Total instructional/research professionals
609
672
710
676
678
Staff with doctorate
193
213
245
246
249
Staff with master’s
295
343
381
389
385
Ratio of staff with master’s/ Total instructional/research professionals
0.48
0.51
0.54
0.58
0.57
Ratio of staff with doctorate / Total instructional/re- search professionals
0.32
0.32
0.35
0.36
0.37
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