1. Performance indicators
“Something that conveys a general impression with more or less exact exactness” (Johnston, 1998)
“Something that gives a broad indication of the state of the situation investigated” (Cave 1997)
What distinguishes a performance indicator from an “ordinary indicator” is that the former is used as an assessment of goal-attainment

2. Performance indicators
Student data
Student’s academic progress
Staff ratios
Space utilisation

3. Student – performance indicators
Headcount
FTE ( Full Time equivalent)
Enrolled FTE
Weighted FTE
Degree FTE
Graduate
Weighted graduate
Research output

4. Headcount ENROLMENT HEADCOUNT N Dip Eng Civil 6 NHC Accountancy 17
M Tech Eng
100
B Tech Info Tech

5. Credit values The credit value of a course
Year of study
Total
Credits
Year 1 1
Year 2
Year 3
The credit value of a course
is the fraction it constitutes
of a standard full-time
curriculum.
The total credit value for all
the courses taken by a full-
time student must be
assumed to be equal to 1
per study year.
Minimum formal time = 3 years

6. Credit values Example: one year certificate: Total credit value 1
ABCAX4B
ADMIN ASPECTS & SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS (M1)
0.25
ABCAY4B
ADMIN ASPECTS & SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS (M2)
ABCNX4B
COMMUNITY NURSING PRACTICE MOD 1
0.125
ABCNY4B
COMMUNITY NURSING PRACTICE MOD 2
ABCPX4B
PSYCHO SOCIAL ASPECTS MODULE 1
ABCPY4B
PSYCHO SOCIAL ASPECTS MODULE 2
Total credit value 1
New HEQF
1 Credit = 120 SAQA credits = notional hours

7. Enrolled FTE Credit * total no of enrolled students SUBJECT CREDIT
HEADCOUNT
FOUNDATION ENG 4
0.125 6
GEOMETRIC DESIGN 4 17
MANAGEMENT: CIVIL 1
0.083
100
CHEMICAL ENG PRACTICE 3
E FTE
0.75
2.125
8.3

8. Credit values
For a full time undergraduate student taking all his required courses 1 Student = 1 FTE
Example: one year certificate:
ABCAX4B
ADMIN ASPECTS & SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS (M1)
0.25
ABCAY4B
ADMIN ASPECTS & SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS (M2)
ABCNX4B
COMMUNITY NURSING PRACTICE MOD 1
0.125
ABCNY4B
COMMUNITY NURSING PRACTICE MOD 2
ABCPX4B
PSYCHO SOCIAL ASPECTS MODULE 1
ABCPY4B
PSYCHO SOCIAL ASPECTS MODULE 2
Total credit value 1

9. IF our credit values are incorrect:
When a student graduate VALPAC does the following calculation:
Example of 40 diplomates who graduate from a qualification with a minimum formal time of three years:
Diploma
No of graduates
Total credits they should have
Actual credit values obtained
N dip XX 40
120
138
N Dip ZZ 20 60 57
40 * 3
N Dip XX: 138/120 = 1.15
N Dip ZZ: 57/60 = .95
! The credits obtained may not differ more than 2% from the expected credits.

10. Credit values of M and D’s:
Qualification
Minimum total time
Masters 1
Doctoral 2
Total credit value over study period 1 2
credit value = k x (x1 + x2 +x3)
(y1 + y2 + y3)
where
K = the approved formal time for the degree,
x1 – x3 = the number of graduates in the 3-year period
y1 – y3 = total number of years for which they were registered.

11. FTE Value = formal time * number of graduates/ Total time
= *
( ) =

12. CESM - Classification of Education Subject Matter1
Agriculture and Renewable
Natural Resources: 12
Languages, Linguistics and
Literature: 2
Architecture and Environmental
Design: 13
Law: 3
Arts, Visual and Performing: 14
Libraries and Museums: 4
Business, Commerce and
Management Sciences: 15
Life Sciences and Physical Sciences: 5
Communication: 16
Mathematical Sciences 6
Computer Science: 17
Military Sciences: 7
Education: 18
Philosophy, Religion and
Theology: 8
Engineering and Engineering
Technology: 19
Physical Education, Health Education and Leisure: 9
Health Care and Health Sciences 20
Psychology: 10
Home Economics: 21
Public Administration and Social
Services: 11
Industrial Arts, Trades and 22
 Social Sciences and Social
Studies:

13. CESM - Classification of Education Subject Matter
Funding groups by CESM categories: 2004/05 to 2006/07
Funding group
CESM categories included in funding group 1
07 education, 13 law, 14 librarianship, 20 psychology, 21 social services/public administration 2
04 business/commerce, 05 communication, 06 computer science, 12 languages, 18 philosophy/religion, 22 social sciences 3
02 architecture/planning, 08 engineering, 10 home economics, 11 industrial arts, 16 mathematical sciences, 19 physical education 4
01 agriculture, 03 fine and performing arts, 09 health sciences, 15 life and physical sciences

14. 1 2 3 4 Weighting of different funding groups Funding group
Undergraduate
Honours &
equivalent
Masters &
Doctoral
& equivalent 1
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0 2
1.5
4.5
6.0 3
2.5
5.0
7.5
10.0 4
3.5
7.0
10.5
14.0

15. Weighted FTE CESM 7 = Funding group 1 – Undergraduate
SUBJECT
CESM
CREDIT
HEADCOUNT
E FTE
W FTE
Subject 1 7
0.125
100
12.5
Subject 2 5
Subject 3 8
0.083
8.3
Subject 4 1
12.5
18.75
CESM 7 = Funding group 1 – Undergraduate
Subject 1 = * 6 * 1
CESM 5 = Funding group 2 – Undergraduate
Subject 2 = * 17 * 1.5
Funding
group
Under-
graduate
Honours &
equivalent
Master
Doctoral 1
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0 2
1.5
4.5
6.0 3
2.5
5.0
7.5
10.0 4
3.5
7.0
10.5
14.0

16. Enrolled FTE CESM 8 = Funding group 3 – Undergraduate
SUBJECT
CESM
CREDIT
HEADCOUNT
E FTE
W FTE
Subject 1 7
0.125
100
12.5
Subject 2 5
Subject 3 8
0.083
8.3
Subject 4 1
12.5
18.75
20.75
29.05
CESM 8 = Funding group 3 – Undergraduate
Subject 3 = * 100 * 2.5
CESM 1 = Funding group 4 – Undergraduate
Subject 3 = * 100 * 3.5
Funding
group
Under-
graduate
Honours &
equivalent
Master
Doctoral 1
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0 2
1.5
4.5
6.0 3
2.5
5.0
7.5
10.0 4
3.5
7.0
10.5
14.0

17. Academic performance Student that drop out/cancel
Entering students
Student that drop out/cancel
Students with year marks
Students that pass fail
Graduates
Throughput rate
Students that complete there qualifications in the minimum formal time of the qualification
Retention rate
Students that remain in the system and eventually complete their studies
Dropout rate
Students that cancel after the census date.
Start End
| |
Census
date
Success rate
Percentage of Students that pass the exam, expressed as the total number of students registered for the course
Pass rate
Students that pass the exam, expressed as a percentage of students that were admitted
to the exam
Internal indicators
Enrolment total
Dropout rate
Pass rate
Success rate
Retention rate
Throughput

18. Pass FTE (Degree credits)
The total of students actually passing a course is multiplied by the fraction representing the weighting the course has of a standard curriculum. The outcome of these calculations is a total of full-time (FTE) degree credits.
SUBJECT
CREDIT
HEADCOUNT
STUDENTS THAT PASSED
E FTE
DEGREE
FTE
Subject 1
0.125 6 3
0.75
0.28
Subject 2 17 10
2.125
1.25
Subject 3
0.083
100
8.3
Subject 4
0.83

19. “The focus of the White Paper, however,is on removing the success rates in individual courses “

20. 1 2

21. Student – performance indicators
Headcount
FTE ( Full Time equivalent)
Enrolled FTE
Weighted FTE
Pass FTE (Degree credits)
Graduates
Weighted graduates
Research output
Teaching input units
Teaching output units

22. Weighting factors for teaching outputs: 2004/05 to 2006/07
1st certificates and diplomas of 2-years or less
0.5
1st diplomas and bachelors degrees: 3 years
1.0
Professional 1st bachelor’s degree: 4 years and more
1.5
Postgraduate and postdiploma diplomas
Postgraduate bachelors degrees
Honours degrees/higher diplomas
Non-research masters degrees and diplomas
Example:
Qualification
Graduates
Weighted Graduates
N Dip Info Tech 18
B Tech Info Tech 27
M Tech Eng Civil 4
H Dipl Nursing 10 5

23. Student – performance indicators
Headcount
FTE ( Full Time equivalent)
Enrolled FTE
Weighted FTE
Pass FTE (Degree credits)
Graduates
Weighted graduates
Research output
Teaching output units

24. Weightings for research outputs: 2004/05 to 2006/07
Publication units 1
Research masters graduates
Doctoral graduates 3
Example:
Research output
Research unit
Value
Approved Publication 1
M Tech Eng Civil 4
D Tech Eng Civil 12