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Is ODL a looser in retention game?
Not necessarily!
We comparer retention rates from previous diagram and
calculated costs for students in SA universities:
Contact Distance
82,00
15.7
39,00
22,00
61.5
5.3
2.5
0.5
14,00
6,00
Average
60,50
14,00
Std
21,50
6,53
Ratio
0,23
BSc
Residence Total
UCT
54000 47000
Rhodes
42000 53000
KZN
35000 36000
Pretoria
46000 39000
Average
44250 43750 88000
Unisa
15000
0 15000
Ratio
0,17
If we take the residence cost into account, the
cost/retention ratio is better for ODL. And, we even did
not consider the loss of earnings. Then, what about
MOOCs?
Credits
:https://businesstech.co.za/news/finance/184653/university-fees-in-2017-how-much-it-costs-to-study-in-south-africa/