Events & Conference Proceedings

NQF-wise recruitment webinar series – Session 2: Use the NQF for recruitment

SAQA hosted the second NQF-wise Recruitment Webinar on 5 November 2020. The purpose of this webinar was to assist recruiters to frame the minimum qualifications requirements and to use the NQF to enrich their employment adverts. In their presentations, Ms Tola Akindolani, (SAQA Deputy Director: National Learners’ Records Database), Ms Carina Oelofsen, (SAQA Director: National […]

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International Seminar: Recognition of Prior Learning for Professional Qualifications and Professional Designations

Programme for the International Seminar: Recognition of Prior Learning for Professional Qualifications and Professional Designations Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Policy and Practices: SAQA perspective: Dr Julie Reddy (SAQA) RPL practices: Statutory professional body: Mr Nicholas Malebane(SACPCMP) RPL practices: Non-statutory professional body: Mr Enrico du Plessis (MASA) Validation of prior learning in France: Key lessons

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Policy Learning Forum (PLF) on the conceptualisation and the use of Learning Outcomes in SA

Key stakeholders met for two days at Emperors Palace on 24 and 25 June 2019 to attend the Policy Learning Forum (PLF) on the conceptualisation and the use of Learning Outcomes in South Africa (SA). The event was also used to commemorate the 21st birthday of the NQF, and provided an opportunity for South Africa

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Decolonisation and the NQF: Way forward

The call for a decolonised South African education and training system began in 2014, and was foregrounded early in 2015 when students protested at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) over issues around funding and registration. The protests spread across the country, initially focussing on the removal of a colonial statue at the University of

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Vocational versus occupational qualifications: Is there a difference, and does it make a difference?: 2018 Chairpersons Lecture-Professor Volker Wedekind

SAQA held the 2018 Chairperson`s Lecture at the Kopanong Conference Centre on 12 February 2018 Start Date Mon, 02/12/2018 – 09:00 End Date Mon, 02/12/2018 – 22:00

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The African Qualifications Verification Network (AQVN)

The launch of the African Qualifications Verification Network (AQVN)took place on the 16th May 2016. The AQVN is an important outcome of an international seminar that SAQA hosted in November 2014. The event, which had the theme Building Trust: Promoting genuine Qualifications through Effective Verification, brought together key stakeholders from 14 African countries. Besides the

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5th Annual Meeting of the Groningen Declaration Network/The African Qualifications Verification Network (AQVN) Page

The launch of the African Qualifications Verification Network (AQVN) on the 16th May 2016 and the Fifth Annual Groningen Declaration Network taking place from 17th to 19th May 2016 To mark this occasion, the organisation will host a series of events in Cape Town. The launch of the African Qualifications Verification Network (AQVN) on the

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