... 7,5Sector of employmentTherole of thepublicsectorasanemployeris of particularinterest.Itisthefirstsector of employmentforalargeproportion of graduatesirrespective of field of study,raceandgender.ThisisespeciallytrueforAfricangraduateswhomakeup ... www.hsrcpress.ac.za14PercyMoleke15InequalitiesinHigherEducationandtheStructure of theLabourMarketReferencesCosser,M,DuToit,J&Visser,M(2004)Dreaming of ahighereducation.Grade12learners’destinationsoneyearon,HSRCresearchmonographKeswell,M&Poswell,L(2002)ReturnstoeducationinSouthAfrica1996–2000,CSSRworkingpaperMoll,P(1996)Thecollapse of primaryschoolingreturnsinSouthAfrica1960–1990,OxfordBulletin of EconomicsandStatistics58:185–209Moleke,P(2004)Findingwork:Employmentexperiences of SouthAfricangraduates,HSRCmonographPerry,H&Arends,F(2003)PublicschoolinginHumanResourcesDevelopmentReview2003:Education,EmploymentandSkillsinSouthAfrica,CapeTown:HSRCPressRospabe,S(2001)Anempiricalevaluation of genderdiscriminationinemployment,occupationalattainmentandwagesinSouthAfricainthelate1990s,PaperpresentedattheDPRU/FESConferenceonLabourMarketsandPovertyinSouthAfrica,Johannesburg,15–16NovemberSubotzkyG(2003)PublichighereducationinHumanResourcesDevelopmentReview2003:Education,EmploymentandSkillsinSouthAfrica.CapeTown:HSRCPressVanderBerg,S(2001)Therole of educationinlabourearnings,povertyandinequality,PaperpresentedattheDPRU/FESConferenceonLabourMarketsandPovertyinSouthAfrica,Johannesburg,15–16NovemberFree ... secondary school level, with many learners dropping out of secondary school beforetheycanwritetheseniorcertificateexam(Perry2003).Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za4PercyMoleke5InequalitiesinHigherEducationandtheStructure of theLabourMarketDespitetheobservedsignificantincreasesinthenumber of seniorcertificateholdersinthepastdecade,theproportion of learnerswhoactuallysitfortheexamremainslow.Thequality of theseniorcertificateexamalsocontinuestobe of concern.Thelargemajority of learnersstillopttowritetheseniorcertificateexamonthestandardgraderatherthanonthehighergrade.Consequently,theproportion of thosepassingwith...