STUDENT ACADEMIC MOTIVATION AND ENGAGEMENT, STRATEGY TO IDENTIFY EARLY LEAVERS

Vocational education today includes, as it always has, courses and programmes which teach important and valuable skills to a very high standard. Currently local colleges are still using the most traditional methods of assessing Learners for the right course which are basic diagnostic testing. This process tends to generalise learners and not pick up their learner needs and nor assess their learning type such as Auditory, Visual, Kinaesthetic and Reading. This is key for retention, the primary way to determine and measure learner success rates at further education (FE) are through retention and achievement rates. Retention rates are determined after learners have completed an entire program. However, retention rates are measured while a studentprogresses through various stages and levels within a program. The most frequently measured and publicly reported levels are retention and achievement rates which can be gauged after an academic term, such as a semester, or an academic year.