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- The 1 169 matric students at Abbotts College, CrawfordSchools™ and Trinityhouse achieved a 100% pass rate with 98% of them qualifying for entrance into Higher Education institutions.
- Our matriculants obtained 2 351 subject distinctions in total with 10% of students achieving six or more subject distinctions.
- In the Independent Schools category in KwaZulu-Natal, four out of the top five students who wrote the 2009 National Senior Certificate matric examinations were from Crawford College La Lucia.
- Crawford College Sandton was recognised as the Top Independent School in the province by the Gauteng Department of Education.
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- The new purpose built Abbotts College campus in Suideroord, Johannesburg was completed for 2010 student enrolments.
- New sites in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng were secured for the expansion of Trinityhouse in 2011.
- Six new IIE Higher Education programmes were accredited by the Council of High Education during 2009 and will be offered at the Group’s tertiary campuses from January 2010.
- The first phase of the Group’s System for Academic Management, an Enterprise Resource Planning system, was implemented.
- The official IIE Academic Regalia was launched and worn at all tertiary graduation ceremonies in 2009.
- Dr Felicity Coughlan (Director: IIE) was appointed to the Higher Education Quality Council (HEQC) Board and Dr Charles Freysen (Registrar: IIE) was appointed to the HEQC Institutional Audits Committee.
- 73% of the IIE graduates surveyed completed their qualifications within the minimum prescribed period.
- College Campus Pretoria moved into their new custom built premises during the year.
- Forbes Lever Baker was acquired.
- School of Business students at Rosebank College achieved a 91% pass rate for Pastel Accounting and an 86% pass rate for Principles of HR Management.
- The Forbes Lever Baker and Varsity College postgraduate UNISA Certificate of Accounting Theory students achieved exceptional results and together had 12 students in the top 15 in the Country.
- Forbes Lever Baker and Varsity College students enrolled in UNISA undergraduate programmes achieved a 72% module pass rate.
- The 164 UNISA Bachelor of Education students at Varsity College obtained 602 module distinctions, almost four distinctions per student on average.
- Students enrolled in Short Learning Programmes at Varsity College achieved an 80% pass rate.
- Vega’s Higher Certificate in Photography students achieved a 76% pass rate.
- The national pass rate was 87% for students enrolled in Vega’s Brand Leadership Honours programme.
- The new Vega Auditorium was officially opened by Sony and Nu Metro senior management.
- Corporate College International trained 10 500 unemployed illiterate adults as part of the Department of Labour’s learner literacy campaign.
- Imfundo facilitated Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services assessments for 9 030 candidates in the insurance industry for INSETA.
- Communicate Personnel opened a new Finance branch in Durban and expanded its Engineering branch in Cape Town.
- In the Professional Management Review National Survey on Outsourced Staffing Solutions companies, Network Recruitment was awarded a Golden Arrow Award as well as a Bronze Arrow Award.
- Network Recruitment opened a new Finance branch in Centurion.
- Suraj Maharaj, MD of Kapele Appointments (Pty) Limited, was appointed as the National President of the Association of Personnel Services Organisation.
- The Working Earth won the Best Colour Advert in the Trade/Technical/Artisan Category (Client: Murray & Roberts) in the Sunday Times Business Times Careers Advertising Awards.
- ‘Academe’, a recruitment advertising service specifically tailored for academic institutions, was launched by The Working Earth.
- The Working Earth launched a recruitment advertising and e-recruitment service for the Department of Science and Technology.
- AdVertex, Vertex-Kapele’s in-house advertising agency, won Best Colour Advert in the Information Technology Category (Client: Microsoft) and Best Black and White Advert in the Composite Advertisements Category (Client: Swiss Re), in the Sunday Times Business Times Careers Advertising Awards.
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