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- The study investigates the First-Year Experience (FYE) of students in a rural-based university in South African. The study adopted a survey research design. One thousand four hundred and seventynine first-year students were sampled at the end of their six weeks at the University of Zululand. The results reveal that a lack of communication before the commencement of the admission process, poor orientation, poor knowledge of the higher education system, poor educational background of the parents of students, lack of psychological support and lack of accommodation constitutes the challenges affecting the learning abilities of the firstyear students. The study recommends that a special office under the direct line management of the Dean of Students be established. This Office would accommodate Orientation and Placement Testing for first-year students and liaise with the appropriate bodies to ensure that they are properly catered for, guided and assisted in integrating properly to the university system.
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