{
  "id": "higher-education-enrolment",
  "title": "Enrolment at public universities",
  "description": "Total headcount enrolments at public universities for the 2023 academic year, across 26 public higher education institutions. This excludes TVET colleges and private higher education institutions.",
  "unit": "million",
  "category": "education",
  "latest": {
    "value": 1070000,
    "display": "1.07M"
  },
  "source": {
    "publisher": "Department of Higher Education and Training",
    "publication": "Statistics on Post-School Education and Training 2023",
    "url": "https://www.dhet.gov.za/Management%20Information%20Systems/Statistics%20on%20Post-School%20Education%20and%20Training%20in%20South%20Africa%202023.pdf",
    "releasedOn": "2024-11-01"
  },
  "checkedOn": "2026-10-19",
  "page": "https://sadatahub.tech/series/higher-education-enrolment",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "Department of Higher Education and Training (2024). Statistics on Post-School Education and Training 2023. Series \"Enrolment at public universities\" via SA Data Hub, https://sadatahub.tech/series/higher-education-enrolment (checked 2026-10-19).",
  "points": [
    {
      "period": "2018",
      "value": 0.975
    },
    {
      "period": "2019",
      "value": 1.004
    },
    {
      "period": "2020",
      "value": 1.038
    },
    {
      "period": "2021",
      "value": 1.063
    },
    {
      "period": "2022",
      "value": 1.037
    },
    {
      "period": "2023",
      "value": 1.07
    }
  ],
  "revisions": [],
  "changeLog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-09",
      "type": "correction",
      "summary": "Retired the story \"Matric 2024: an 87.3% pass rate and persistent inequalities\". Its provincial pass rates and its claims about international reading tests could not be traced to a release SA Data Hub holds. Its address now redirects to \"Matric 2025: 88.0% passed, and 345 857 qualified for a degree\", where every figure cites the Department of Basic Education's 2025 NSC Examination Report with its table and page."
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-19",
      "type": "data-update",
      "summary": "Matric pass rate updated to 2025 (88%, DBE announcement 2026-01-12). One-decimal figure (88.0) is inferred; denominator not verified from the DBE NSC report (D3b). Literacy and university enrolment unchanged."
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-01-15",
      "type": "data-update",
      "summary": "NSC exam results and education indicators updated from latest DBE release."
    }
  ]
}