As part of public university sector enrollments, first-time entering enrolments have been projected at 208 299 nationally, with 69 069 of these first-time entering enrolments dedicated to scarce skills areas.
Below is the breakdown of enrollments for qualifications that form part of the scarce skills areas:
Engineering: 17 085
Life and Physical Science: 17 584
Animal Sciences: 985
Veterinary Sciences: 209
Human Health: 10 418
Teacher Education: 22 788
The minimum requirement for admission in these programmes is an NSC Mathematics mark of at least 60%.
If you have passed your matric and haven’t found a place to study, the Department of Higher Education has opened its Central Applications Clearing House (CACH) and will close them on 30 March 2022.
CACH services are available on weekdays, between 8 am to 6 pm, and then on Saturday they are available between 8 am to 2 pm.
- Below are the channels that students can access CACH:
- Send a WhatsApp “Hello” message to 078 776 8660
- Online self-service at www.cach.ac.za
- USSD code *134*225#
Official CACH communication channels are:
Facebook: CACH_SA
Twitter: CACHSA
Minister of Higher Education, Dr. Blade Nzimande confirmed that the CACH website had been down for some time last week but the system is now up and running.
