The support needs of students at Sekhukhune College of Education

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT:This study investigated the support needs of students at Sekhukhune College ofEducation. The study assessed the effectiveness and efficiency of available supportservices, AND explored the possibilities for new services based on students' needs, aswell as strategies and activities for the delivery of new services.The questionnaire was administered to 182 (one hundred-and-eighty-two) course threelearners in JPTD, SPTD and STD classes at Sekhukhune College of Education.Indications from the research findings were as follows:• Recruitment, admission and registration, orientation, library, residence andaccommodation, health and medical, as well as academic advising were foundto be available student support services at Sekhukhune College.• Among the available student support services, recruitment, orientation,admission and registration were found to be effective and efficient.With regard to the possibilities for new student support services for delivery,it was found that the college is not resourceful enough to deal with thoseservices and strategies that are available.•The focus-group interviews were administered to 13 (thirteen) staff members ofSekhukhune College of Education. The most important findings were:• The issue of academic advising as a way of mentoring learners has been left inthe hands of individual subject-lecturers. Hence, the college has not yetadopted any appropriate method of dealing with the issue of mentoring as astudent support service.• The library, financial aid and health care centre were found to be the mostneeded support services for students.The summative conclusion the researcher drew from the study was that the availablestudent support services that are ineffective and inefficient override those that are effective and efficient. The general recommendation was that the college should put moreeffort into the. improvement of student support services that were found to be ineffectiveand inefficient.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University