b) Admission Policy Mr K Maphinda: Director of Governance and Academic Administration led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues: . Registration as a student of WSU was conducted according to the General Student Rules as specified in the General Prospectus and as approved by Senate. . The general requirement for admission to degree programmes was a Matriculation endorsement of the National Senior Certificate. The general requirement for admission to diploma / certificates programmes was a senior certificate or NSC (endorsed for diploma / certificate admission). . An applicant who held a senior certificate and a three-year recognized diploma and had been granted a matriculation exemption by the Matriculation Board was admitted to a Bachelors Degree course irrespective of age. . The university had a Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) policy in place to admit experienced candidates who lacked the NSC qualification. c) Enrolment Plan Dr S Matoti, Director, led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues: . Based on the 2010 figures, WSU had 26 734 headcount enrolments of which 6078 were first time entering undergraduates. . WSU consisted of 89% undergraduates and 4% postgraduate enrolments. Approximately 57% were enrolled in undergraduate diplomas and certificates and 32% in undergraduate degrees, 2.4% were enrolled in postgraduate to below Masters degree qualification, 1.3% in Masters degrees and 0.1% in Doctoral degrees. The university did not offer distance education. . The majority of students were enrolled in Business Management (32%), followed by 28% of enrolments in Science, Engineering and Technology, 23% in other Humanities and 17% in Education. . The headcount totals should be 26 700 in 2013, graduates should increase to 4906 from 3551 in 2010 and the targeted success rate for 2013 was 73.4% compared to 68% in 2010.