If our attrition rate at first year Uni is about 18% but our capacity to complete degrees just above OECD average, then we just need to make some adjustments. There will be people who go to university who simply are not yet suited to independent learning. For some that might mean some kind of bridging course so that they adjust from school, work or home. For others it may mean they cannot adapt to the requirements of university and then they shouldn't be there. In SA we have only 5 years at high school and I would think that would make it hard for students to be at uni. They would need some extra time before they are ready. I think people go to uni and think it will be quite easy and then find out they have to rely on themselves and they are just not ready for it. It'll be interesting to find out the reasons. Cost will now become a factor, of course!
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