SAQA: NQF Research Seminar on Articulation:

The UNISA Experience

Prof Peter Havenga

Executive Director: Academic

Planner

29 January 2018

Articulation for Dummies

• To allow learners and students to move within

and between the different NQF sub-

frameworks

• GFETQA, QCTO and HEQSF

• Internationalisation and articulation

(Unisa/UMUC)

The Unisa articulation journey

• 2004 Unisa became a comprehensive

University

• Technikon TSA and Unisa merges and

incorporates VUDEC

• How do Technikon students articulate into

university programmes?

Regulatory framework

• Higher Education Act, 1997

• SAQA Act, 1995 (repealed)

• Further Education and Training Colleges Act,

2006

• NQF Act, 2008

• HEQF/HEQSF, 2007

• Statutory Minimum Admission Requirements

(NSC/NCV)

Articulation between different frameworks

• Umalusi and HEQSF

– NSC and NCV

– Statutory Admission requirements implemented

• QCTO and HEQSF

– ?

Different possibilities

• Higher Certificates

• Advanced Certificates

• National Diplomas

• Advanced Diplomas

• Articulation from TVET sector, eg, occupationl

certificates (level, 4, 5 and 6).

Articulation within Framework

NSC

NCV

Higher

Certificate

National

Diploma

Bachelor’s

Degree

National

Diploma

Bachelor’s

Degree

Bachelor’s

Degree

NSC

NCV

Higher Education Qualification Sub-Framework (HEQSF)

Agreements with TVET Colleges

• Unisa concluded a number of agreements with

TVET Colleges to allow the colleges to offer

specific Unisa qualifications

• In terms of FETC Act

• Mainly Higher Certificates

• On completion of HC student is admitted into

a Diploma or Degree

Challenges

• Poor understanding of the regulatory

framework (at institutional and regulatory

level?)

• Insufficient regulatory framework

• Eg, Matriculation Board requiring matriculation

exemption for HC students when admitted into

Bachelor’s Degree

• Articulation between QTCO and HEQSF not

clear

Case study

• A student completes a 240 credit Diploma in

Legal Practice (level 6) at a TVET College. On

completion the student applies for admission

to the Bachelor of Laws Degree.

• Do you admit the student or not?

• Is it legal?

• Does the student require matriculation

exemption?

College experiences

• College of Cape Town

• Gert Sibanda TVET College

• Port Elizabeth TVET College