Bridging the education-workplace gap will set SA graduates up for success
The 2017 PPS Student Confidence Index (SCI)* found that 80% of South African students feel that their degree sufficiently prepares them for their chosen profession. Conversely, the PPS Graduate Professional Index (GPI)** revealed that only 23% of professionals feel newly qualified graduates entering the workplace are adequately prepared. This is a common occurrence globally, known as the “education-workplace expectation gap”, and is important to address in order to help graduates become more employable.