education and the vernacular

... greater฀ demand฀for and wider฀participation฀in฀higher education. This฀ paper฀ looks฀ at฀ the inequities฀ in฀ higher฀ education and their฀ consequences฀in฀ the labour฀market฀for฀people฀with฀higher education. The inequalities฀in the type and source฀of฀human฀capital฀acquired฀are฀often฀overlooked, and it฀is฀argued฀here฀that฀they฀ perpetuate฀inequalities฀observed฀in the labour฀market.฀Inequities฀in฀acquired฀human฀ capital฀eventually฀influence฀educational฀attainment,฀which฀in฀turn฀influences฀labour฀ market฀prospects.฀This฀is฀reflected฀in the selection฀or฀sifting฀of the potential฀employees฀ in the labour฀market.฀Those฀with฀longer฀years฀of฀schooling฀have฀better฀prospects฀in฀ the labour฀market.฀But฀also฀of฀significance฀is the type฀of฀qualification฀acquired฀during฀ schooling.฀ ... www.hsrcpress.ac.za 1 Inequalities฀in฀Higher Education and the Structure฀of the Labour฀Market Introduction The relationship฀between education and economic฀growth and development฀in฀South฀ Africa฀has฀been฀widely฀studied and its฀importance฀acknowledged.฀Higher education has฀a฀particularly฀important฀role฀to฀play฀in the overall฀development฀of the economy.฀It฀ has฀over the years฀provided฀society฀with฀highly฀skilled,฀professional฀workers and must฀ continue฀to฀do฀so.฀Higher education also฀has฀a฀key฀role฀to฀play฀in฀extending฀educational฀ benefits฀to the disadvantaged,฀thus฀contributing฀to฀equal฀opportunities and fairness.฀ However,฀for฀these฀roles฀to฀be฀realised, the education system฀has฀to฀be฀effective and efficient฀with฀improved education outcomes. The changing฀nature฀of฀labour฀markets฀ is฀placing฀a฀premium฀on฀technical฀expertise and occupational฀competencies฀as฀well฀as฀ on the matching฀of฀educational฀qualifications฀with฀prospective฀employment.฀All฀this฀ has฀ ... www.hsrcpress.ac.za 12 Percy฀Moleke 13 Inequalities฀in฀Higher Education and the Structure฀of the Labour฀Market is฀not฀to฀suggest฀that฀people฀pursue฀higher education and further฀studies฀purely฀for฀ the purpose฀of฀finding฀a฀job,฀as฀continuous education occurs฀also฀as฀part฀of฀lifelong฀ learning.฀ Summary and conclusion฀฀Current฀racial฀inequities฀have฀their฀roots฀in฀past฀racial฀ injustices.฀...

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