Transferability of teacher qualifications in the Commonwealth

The recognition of teacher qualifications and transferability of teacher qualifications across borders is the subject of a publication Fair Trade for Teachers: Transferability of Teacher
Qualifications in the Commonwealth (PDF) authored by James Keevy and Jonathan Jansen. The publication was developed by the South African Qualifications Authority on request of the Commonwealth Secretariat and contains a Commonwealth teacher qualifications comparability table - a tool that can be used by national agencies to assess migrant teacher certifications. Read this article to understand what this comparability table will mean for migrant teachers.

Conducting security at an event

Security at events, especially during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, has been in the news lately. The South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) facilitated the process of creating a unit standard  - that is  a registered statement of desired education and training outcomes and their associated assessment criteria – on conducting security at an event...more

Making the NQF road by walking

SAQA's Chief Executive Officer Samuel Isaacs recently attended a conference in Bergen, Norway where he reflected on the journey of creating the South African National Qualifications Framework (SANQF). The two-day conference was on the implementation of qualification frameworks.

Mr Isaacs noted that the legislation on the SANQF was not only the first piece of education and training legislation promulgated by South Africa's first democratically elected government, it was also an enabling rather than a prescriptive legislation.

He stated that the process of building the NQF was not without sceptics who would ask questions such as 'Where in the world are NQFs working?' or 'Where are the international comparators?' and 'How much do NQFs cost and is it worth it?'

Nevertheless, he said, the process of building the NQF collectively went on regardless of resource and funding constraints.

Important Notice

The Directorate: Foreign Qualifications Evaluations and Advisory Services will be closed on Friday 12th March 2010.

Completed applications may be dropped off at the SAQA Security Desk at the main entrance.

Normal working hours apply from Monday 15th March 2010.

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