Continuing Education and Training Act, 2006 (Act No. 16 of 2006)

Notices

National Policy on Community Colleges

Section 17: Quality Assurance
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17.1Community Education and Training Colleges shall offer qualifications or part-qualifications that are registered on Levels 1 to 4 of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF).

 

17.2General academic or vocational qualifications or part-qualifications shall be quality-assured by Umalusi.

 

17.3Occupational qualifications or part-qualifications shall be quality-assured by the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO).

 

17.4If a qualification offered by a Community Education and Training College requires a summative exit national examination administered by the DHET as the assessment body, the Community Education and Training College offering such a qualification must be registered as an examination centre in a manner determined by the DHET.

 

17.5Non-formal programmes that do not lead to qualifications will be quality assured through the agreed institutional quality assurance processes.