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Table 60: Graduation Statistics (Overall by Gender)
To commemorate the University’s 60th anniversary, six honorary doctorates were conferred as follows.
Table 61: Honorary Doctorate Degrees
FACULTY
MALE
FEMALE
TOTAL
Faculty of Education
489
796
1 285
Faculty of Arts
451
813
1 264
Faculty of Commerce, Administration and Law
358
565
923
Faculty of Science and Agriculture
286
440
726
Totals
1 584
2 614
4 198
NAME
DEGREE
Ms Criselda Kananda
Doctor of Philosophy (Social Work)
Ms M. Ntswatswa
Doctor of Philosophy (Community Psychology)
Mr Sam Phillips
Doctor of Philosophy (Communication Science)
Mr Lindelani Mkhize
Doctor of Philosophy (Development Studies)
Prof. Busisiwe Bhengu
Doctor of Nursing
Dr Pali Lehohla
Doctor of Commerce (Economics)
Student performance in terms of modules registered for and those passed continues to improve as shown in the following tables. Data presented in Diagram 12 shows that on average, the University had a pass rate of 84%. This was far above the planned target overall pass rate of 80%. The disaggregation of this pass rate per faculty is as follows: the highest pass rate was in the Faculty of Education (89%) followed by the Faculty of Arts (87%), Faculty of Commerce, Administration and Law (81%), while the pass rate in the Faculty of Science and Agriculture was 79%.
Diagram 12: Pass Rates across all Faculties
Total Faculty of Science & Agriculture Faculty of Education
Faculty of Comm, Admin & Law Faculty of Arts
70%
Pass Rate Per Faculty in 2020
82%
77%
82% 79%
75% 80%
90%
85% 90% 95%
Data depicted in Diagram 13 shows that the highest pass rates are at the undergraduate level (83%) compared to pass rates at the postgraduate level (58%). However, this does not affect the overall pass rate as presented in Diagram 12. The lower pass rate at postgraduate level is mainly due to the fact the majority of programmes at the postgraduate above honours level are predominately research-based. A similar trend as the overall pass rate by qualification level in the faculties is also presented in Diagram 14.
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