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Policies and Criteria

02 Oct 2020
14:27PM
Policy and Criteria for Recognising a Professional Body and Registering a Professional Designation for the Purposes of the National Qualifications Framework Act, Act 67 of 2008 (As amended, September 2020)- Amended Policy
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01 Apr 2020
15:57PM
Policy and Criteria for the Registration of Qualifications and Part-Qualifications
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19 Mar 2019
13:00PM
Addendum on Recognition of Qualifications of Refugees and Asylum Seekers March 2019
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19 Mar 2019
10:20AM
National Policy and Criteria for the Implementation of RPL (Amended in March 2019)
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27 Jul 2018
13:00PM
Policy and Criteria for Evaluating Foreign Qualifications within the South African NQF (as amended) March 2017
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18 Jun 2018
12:00PM
Foreign Qualifications Evaluation Appeal Policy
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18 Jun 2018
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Foreign Qualifications Evaluation Revocation Policy
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14 Jul 2017
11:00AM
National Policy and Criteria for Designing and Implementing Assessment for NQF Qualifications and Part-Qualifications and Professional Designations in South Africa
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07 Nov 2014
17:00PM
Policy for Credit Accumulation and Transfer within the National Qualifications Framework
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04 Jul 2013
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National Policy for the Implementation of the Recognition of Prior Learning
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03 Mar 2012
21:00PM
Level Descriptors for the South African National Qualifications Framework
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