⊿ Point. {R} Glossary. ◢ Keyword: T. ◥ University. {q} PhD. {tr} Training. ◥ S-Africa. ↂ EndNote. ✊ Harvey (2009) Technikon. A technikon was a post-secondary institute of technology (polytech) in South Africa. It focused on career-oriented vocational training.[1][2] There were 15 technikons in the 1990s, but they were merged or restructured as universities (especially universities of technology) in the early 2000s. Etymology[edit] List of technikons[edit] The right arrow → indicates the year it became a technikon, if started out as another type of school. In some sources, certain school names were reversed, e.g., Technikon Pretoria or Pretoria Technikon. History[edit] Some technical colleges were founded in the early to mid-20th century in the country. In the 1980s and 1990s, 9 more technikons were constituted,[6] bringing up the total to 15. Compared to universities, technikons were not seen as prestigious.
Student compositions[edit] During Apartheid, the schools were divided into historically white technikons (HWTs) and historically black technikons (HBTs). Degrees[edit] References[edit]