education and training quality assurance edmund nxumalo acting senior manager: etqa
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING QUALITY ASSURANCE
Edmund NxumaloActing Senior Manager: ETQA
Overview
• Functions of an ETQA
• Criteria for accreditation
• Accreditation Process
• ISETTSETA Primary Focus
OVERVIEW(Cont)
• Monitoring, evaluation and auditing.
• Verification
• Certification
• Challenges
• New strategy
Functions of an ETQA
• Accredit constituent providers• Promote quality amongst providers• Evaluate assessments and facilitate
moderation amongst providers• Register constituent assessors for
specified standards and qualifications
Functions of an ETQA
• Certify learners• Co-operate with moderating bodies
appointed by SAQA• Recommend new standards and/or
qualifications or modification to existing ones to SAQA
• Maintain a database acceptable to SAQA
Criteria for accreditation
• Quality Management System• Registration in terms of
applicable legislation• Ability to develop, deliver and
evaluate learning programmes• Management of assessments
including RPL and appeals
Criteria for accreditation
• Financial, administrative and physical resources
• Staff selection, appraisal and development
• Learner entry, guidance and support• Management of off-site practical or
work-site components• Reporting procedures
Accreditation Process
ISETTSETA ETQA Division:• Receives request/letter of intent• Checks for fit with primary focus• Sends Accreditation documentation
THE PROVIDER• Completes the application form• Submits complete application form with
required documents
Accreditation Process (cont.)
ISETTSETA ETQA Division• Receives application and checks
for completeness• Evaluates application against
criteria• Negotiates accreditation visit
with provider
Accreditation Process (cont.)
• Conducts site visit/Evaluate the POE and learning programme
• Give feedback to the provider
• Recommends provider for accreditation to the CEO
• Sends letter to confirm accreditation
ISETTSETA Primary Focus
• Primary focus refers to the aspect of learning (quals and stds) the SETA has applied for to quality assure
• ISETTSETA is accredited as an ETQA for the following quals:
• Certificate: Telecommunications for Customer Premises Equipment Level 4 217972
• Certificate: Telecommunications for Customer Premises Equipment Level 2 217983
ISETTSETA Primary Focus
(Cont.)
Certificate in Telecommunications for Customer Premises Equipment Level 3 21799
• National Certificate: Information Technology: Technical Support Level 4 242932
• National Certificate: Information Technology: Systems Development Level 4 242943
ISETTSETA Primary Focus
(Cont.)
• National Certificate: Information Technology: Systems Support Level 5 485734
• National Certificate: Information Technology: Systems Development Level 5 488725
• National Certificate: Information Technology:
End User Computing Level 3 49077
MONITORING,EVALUATION AND AUDITING
• Annually-against criteria for accreditation
Developmental-Start this year
• 3 year period-Judgmental
• For quality delivery, re-accreditation and de-accreditation
verification
• Moderator report
• Synopsis for moderator reports
• Entire process
• Prerequisite for certification
Certification
• Full qualification-primary focus-ISETTSETA.
• Associated unit standards-primary focus- providers.
• Non-unit standard based learning programmes or short courses-providers.
• Can be delegated-prior approval before certification
Challenges
• Assessor/moderator registration.
• Provider accreditation and programme approval.
• Assessors/moderators-scarcity.
• Certification
• Unit standards and qualifications.
NEW STRATEGY
• Dedicated person for assessor/moderator registration.
• ETQA services.
• Assessor/moderator training.
• Speedy verifications
• JIP with SAQA.
Deliverables- New Strategy
Deliverables by end October 2005
Completed
(2006)
difference
Bottlenecks in service delivery: provider accreditation
Total number
•Full accreditation=
22
•Provisional accreditations=20•Programme approvals=3
TT=45
•Full accreditations=24
•Provisional=
51•Programme approval=8
TT=83
2
31
5
TT=38
DETAILS
• Contact details:
ISETTSETA
Telephone: 011 207 2600
Fax: 011 805 6833
Email: [email protected]