Qualifications

Umalusi appraises new qualifications and evaluates existing ones to ensure their relevance.

Qualifications explained

Umalusi’s mandate as a Quality Council is derived from the NQF Act, Act No 67 of 2008 [as amended], and its founding act, the GENFETQA Act, Act No 58 of 2001, amended in 2008. As one of three Quality Councils, the others being the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO), Umalusi is required to develop and manage the quality of a sub-framework of qualifications for general and further education and training as part of the greater integrated National Qualifications Framework.

This means that Umalusi must develop and manage a range of qualifications for schooling, and for the post-school system as offered in Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges and Adult Education and Training centres. To that end, Umalusi has developed the General and Further Education and Training Qualifications Framework, which has been submitted for regulation, and a supporting policy entitled Standard Setting and Quality Assurance for the General and Further Education and Training Qualifications Framework, which has been approved by Umalusi Council.

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The sub-framework of qualifications has two distinct pathways, the first commencing with general education, leads to qualifications for 15 -19 year olds, mainly in schools but also in colleges, and the second for adults, starts with a general component and leads to an alternative matric for adults or to general vocational qualifications.

The qualifications currently certificated by Umalusi are as follows:

Matric qualifications (Certification and Vertification) 1

Matriculation qualifications

✓ The Senior Certificate as amended (SC(a))
✓ The National Senior Certificate (NSC)

Vocational qualifications (Certification and Verification 2

Vocational qualifications

✓ The National Technical Certificate N3
✓ The National Certificate Vocational (NC(V))

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Adult Education and Training qualifications

✓ The General Education and Training Certificate for Adults (GETC: ABET)

Two new qualifications are envisaged for the adult stream, and they have been developed and submitted for regulation.

These are:

✓ General Education and Training Certificate for Adults (GETCA) – NQF 1
✓ National Senior Certificate for Adults (NASCA) – NQF 4

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We assure the education standards in general and further education and training in South Africa.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. If you have written and passed subjects over a number of years and the combined result complies with the requirements for a full qualification. This can be requested at one of the Departments of Education, which will forward the request to Umalusi for the issue of a certificate.