Student Retention Figures {MISTAB-5}

When this menu option is executed, the progress of a group of students through the academic system is tracked and reported with an order to give an indication of:

• how many dropped out 
• how many were retained by the institution 
• how many received qualifications and 
• the duration of their studies (at this institution) towards the qualifications they obtained

The system will select all the undergraduate students enrolled, in the year selected in the user selection, with an FTEN-Status = F. In other words, the system will select those students who are enrolled for the first time for any qualification at any tertiary institution . From this group of students, the number of students enrolled and the number of graduates for the selected year and for all subsequent years will be recorded and stored.

Here is an example: - The user supplied 1990 as year of first enrolment - There were 50 First Time Entering Students in the BA program in 1990 - 40 Students out of the initial 50 enrolled again in 1991 - 37 Students out of the initial 50 enrolled again in 1992 - 25 Students out of the initial 50 graduated in 1992 - 10 Students out of the initial 50 enrolled again in 1993 - 5 Students out of the initial 50 graduated in 1993.

A pre-requisite for this kind of study is that the student system should have been operational for a sufficient period of time, or that data for previous years is loaded onto the system. 

• Procedures:
• None