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RATIONALE
• SSS plan seeks to improve success in programmes offered in TVET institutions (academic support vehicle)
• Variety of instructional methods, educational services,
resources provided to students to assist with accelerating the
learning process, catch up with peers, meet learning standards
and general success in a college
• Academic support programme is an integral part of a wider
support system
• Allows students to benefit fully from College and improve
student learning
Student Support Services Annual Plan
• WHAT? Improves chances of academic success for students
• HOW? Informed programme/career choice, access to financial resources, adapting to college life, additional academic support, leadership development, responsiveness to students with special needs, producing employable students.
• WHY? Effective and efficient students support services will lead to higher retention and throughput rates.
• Target – 30 June 2015 3
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What informs the SSS plan
2015/16 APP
SSS Framework
and Manual
Academic Plenary Session
Stakeholder’s concerns /
college experiences
Student’s workshops
Pre- Entry
• Hands on support to student is critical • Proper career advice based on the results of the
diagnostic tests • Standardised process of providing career advice by
trained personnel • Selection tests to be provided previous year…from
September…• Early registration to alleviate pressure beginning of
the year • Efficient registration process and plan in place 5
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Pre-Entry: Financial Aid
• Critical to providing access and improving academic performance of students
• Monitor adherence to the bursary schedule • Ensure transparent and effective communication on
bursary administration processes • Verification of addresses for student beneficiaries• Adherence to student policy in administering allowances
Poor administrative processes
Inadequate funding
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Academic support strategies
Classroom based strategies • Analysis of how your students learn/ preference • Requires lecturer to monitor students performance and
learning needs • Adjust teaching methods to improve student learning• Increase instructional time for struggling students
• Campus based strategies • Learning labs (quiet places for study/ booths etc)• Writing centres/ study skills • Tutorial classes
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Academic support strategies • Additional programmes Summer or winter schools Bridge programmes Catch up programmes After school classes
Technology assisted programmes Digital/ online learning applications Visual simulations Game based learning Course management programmes archive material (lecturer communicate with students online)Youtube type videos or lectures on college intranet Online forums/ discussions for students to assist each other
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Academic support programmes offered in colleges
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Student leadership
• SRC is an integral part of student life and a critical cooperative governance partner in a college
• SRC members take responsibilities that enhance student life on campuses. This means that the SRC members are empowered to invest in people and communities
• SRC guided by constitution, each college should have an up to date constitution in place
• SRC orientation programme on college processes, role, participation in governance structures and leadership theories/ conflict management
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Learners with special needs
• Learners with special education needs to be accommodated in our TVET Colleges (infrastructure and assistive devices)
• It is critical for Colleges to determine the number of students with special needs and the type of special needs that students have to enable them to successfully perform and adapt to the College environment
• Colleges should have a data base of applicants with special needs (irrespective of the capacity of the college to support those students). This will assist the College to determine the number of students with disabilities that require assistance and access in their surrounding communities
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Exit Support
• Entrepreneurship • Articulation into HEI • Work placement • Providing up-to-date information about employment
opportunities on campus notice boards or in the resource centre
• Linking students directly with employers who contact the college for prospective employees in a particular field
• Actively promoting or marketing students and college programmes among prospective employers. This is a proactive approach