KELLY GROUP Diplomas ‘better than degrees’

Matriculants who passed with a university exemption but could not gain entrance to tertiary institutions should consider enrolling at privately owned colleges, Kelly Group said yesterday. Most of these colleges offered high quality courses tailored towards business requirements, the staffing services firm said. Kelly Group financial director Ferdie Pieterse said a report in a national publication showed only 162 929 places were available for first-year students at public universities while 658 142 applications were received. “A higher-priced targeted programme of shorter duration, such as a one-year diploma, can offer better employment potential than some three-year university degrees, which no longer command a higher demand in the business community,” Pieterse said. – Wiseman Khuzwayo Source