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Colleges in South Africa

Introduction

The higher education system in South Africa is currently witnessing tremendous transformation. A country where the apartheid legacy still lingers on, the main challenge is to provide quality and competitive education to the people of the country. Most institutions of higher education in the country have changed their policies to suit the needs of the present day competition.
The technikons in the country are autonomous in nature providing more than a million students in the country quality education. The 21 public universities, 15 technikons and a number of colleges are reporting to their own respective council rather than the government. A number of universities in the country are known the world over for imparting cutting edge research education. Of late, there has been huge addition in the number of privately held institutions that are offering quality education.

Education is one of the main priorities of the government and hence a huge slice of the budget – almost 20 percent – goes to it. The government has plans to increase the outlay on education further. The objective is to better the overall education scenario.

Most institutions vary greatly in quality and size. However, one common thing about them is that they bring rich diversity to the education sector in the country.

Admission Season in South Africa

The universities in South Africa have a full and balanced semester system. The South African academic year is different from the academic years in other nations. Semester I runs from February through June. Semester II begins in late July and ends late November. There are breaks in December and January as well as mid-semester breaks during the continuation of the program.

List of Major colleges

South Africa Colleges
Name & Address	Phone & Email
Mangosuthu Technikon Mangosuthu Highway Umlazi KwaZulu-Natal	Ph: +27 31 907 7111 Fax: +27 31 907 2892 Web: www.mantec.ac.za
Midrand Graduate Institute Glen Austin ext 3 Midrand South Africa-1685	Ph: +27 11 690 1700 Fax: +27 315 5977 Email: midrand@edu.co.za Web: www.mgiweb.co.za
Monash South Africa 144 Peter Road Ruimsig South Africa	Ph: +27 11 950 4009 Fax: +27 11 950 4004 Email: inquiries@monash.ac.za Web: www.monash.ac.za
NMMU Summerstrand Campus (North) Gardham Avenue Summerstrand Port Elizabeth	Ph: +27 41 504 3911
University of Pretoria Lynnwood Road, Hillcrest Pretoria South Africa-0002	Ph: +27 12 420 3111 Fax: +27 12 420 4555 Web: www.up.ac.za
Crawford College La Lucia Campus P.O. Box 186 Umhlanga Rocks 4320	Ph: +27 31 562 0050 Fax: +27 31 562 0059 Web: www.crawford.co.za
Technikon Northern Gauteng College Road South Soshanguve South Africa	Ph: +27 12 799 9000 Fax: +27 12 793 0966 Web: www.tng.ac.za
PC Training & Business College Head Office - Durban 5th Floor 292 Smith Street Durban	Tel: (031) 304-9340 Share Call : 0861 321 321 website : www.gopctraining.co.za E-mail: info@gopctraining.co.za itliberty@pctrainingonline.co.za