Careers don't always start at university

Careers don't always start at university

Thousands of young South Africans have banked their matric results and are stepping into the big, wide world. Not all of them, however, are heading to university. Some won’t make the cut academically. Others simply won’t find a place. Further study in South Africa, along traditional lines, has become scarce. There are roughly 235 000 first-year spaces available at public universities, with another 120 or so private institutions catering to those…