{"id":29226,"date":"2026-03-19T11:38:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=29226"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:38:34","slug":"unisa-hails-improved-graduation-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/unisa-hails-improved-graduation-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"UNISA hails improved graduation outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The\u00a0University of South Africa (UNISA) says it has recorded exceptional graduation outcomes over the past five years.<\/div>\n<div>\nUNISA Vice\u00a0Chancellor and Principal, Professor Puleng LenkaBula, says between 2021 and 2025 the institution graduated more than 50\u00a0thousand students annually a performance she describes as a strong recovery and growth period following the COVID\u201119 pandemic.<\/div>\n<div>\nShe also highlighted that over 10 000 students, who were unable to graduate during the height of the pandemic, have since returned to complete their qualifications.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\nLenkaBula reaffirmed that UNISA remains SA biggest and most diverse university, embracing multiple and equally valid ways of knowing that reflect the communities it serves.<\/div>\n<div>\nThe university briefed the media in Pretoria, Gauteng Province on the state of the institution.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29227,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-29226","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"UNISA says it has recorded exceptional graduation outcomes","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29228,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29226\/revisions\/29228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=29226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}