Post-School Education and the Labour Market in South Africa

In South Africa―with one of highest rates of youth unemployment and one of the most unequal societies in the world―training and education play critical roles in helping young people escape poverty and unemployment. Within this context, offering insights about the ways that young South Africans navigate through a host of postschool training and education options, the contributors to Post-School Education provide up-to-date analyses, identify some of the challenges that these young people face, and point to gaps between education and the labor market.
CONTENTS:
* Foreword―G.N.M. Pandor.
* The Post-School Education and Training Landscape in South Africa: "Massification" Amidst Inequality―M. Rogan.
* SCHOOLING, PROGRESSION, AND TERTIARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING
* Young People's Early Adult Transitions: Five Years in the South African Youth Panel Study―K. Isdale et al.
* The Post Matriculation Enrollment Decision: Do Public TVET Colleges Provide Students With a Viable Alternative?―N. Branson and A. Kahn.
* The Adult Education and Training (AET) Island: The Missing Piece of the Post-School Puzzle―P. Lolwana.
* From Grade 12 Into, and Through, University: Higher Education Access and Success for the 2008 National NSC Cohort―H. van Broekhuizen et al.
* HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE LABOUR MARKET.
* Over-Qualification and Skills-Utilization in the Graduate Labour Market: Evidence from Two South African Universities―M. Rogan.
* Aspirations and Horizons for Action: Student Choice of Profession in South Africa―M. Cosser.
* Assessing the Usability of the Western Cape Graduate Destination Survey for the Analysis of Labour Market Outcomes―N. Branson and M. Leibbrandt.
* TVET COLLEGES, WORKPLACE PROGRAMMES, AND SKILLS.
* Tracing the Pathways of National Accredited Technical Education Diploma (NATED) Programme Graduates Through Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) Colleges and Beyond―J. Papier et al.
* Continued Learning and Employment: Destinations of TVET Engineering Graduates in the North West Province―T. Mashongoane.
* Workplace-Based Learning Programmes and the Transition to the Labour Market―A. Wildschut and G. Kruss.
* Education and Skills Mismatch in the South African Labour Market―E. Grapsa et al.
* Reflections on Post-School Education and Training: Access and Outcomes―M. Rogan.