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Table 48: Providers who submitted successful qualification achievements in each province
Province
Number of providers
North West 10
Gauteng 216
Limpopo 31
Free State 13
Mpumalanga 16
Western Cape 56
Northern Cape 4
Eastern Cape 29
KwaZulu-Natal 57
Total 432
There is a strong correlation between the number of providers
accredited and the number of providers who submitted learner
achievements for verification.
Highlights
The Minister of Higher Education and Training launched the
Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) on 23
February, 2010. The QCTO will take over the quality assurance of
occupationally directed learning and will work closely with SAQA.
In March 2011, the QCTO delegated quality assurance functions
to the ETDP SETA. The Service Level Agreement will be signed in
July 2011.
The ETDP SETA has started developing occupational qualifications
for the ETD Sector, the first being the Training and Development
Professional, OFO Code 242401, which is linked to the following
occupations:
• Learnership Manager;
• Training Advisor;
• Training and Development Practitioner;
• Training Consultant;
• Training Coordinator;
• Training Material Developer; and
• Training Officer.
The qualification will ensure that there is a constant supply of
qualified and competent Education Training and Development
Practitioners across all the economic sectors. Plans to develop
occupational qualifications for FET lecturers are under way and
these will be undertaken in partnership with DHET, SAQA,
SACPO and the Council on Higher Education.
Challenges
In ensuring that the ETD Sector has quality providers that facilitate
the acquisition of skills and competencies much needed by
employers, the ETDP SETA encountered a number of challenges.
An increasing number of providers applied for single unit
standards and thus end up running three day interventions that
do not necessarily develop learners holistically. There is typically
very little articulation between these interventions and full
qualifications. This creates progression problems for learners when
they wish to obtain a full qualification.
Very few providers applied for accreditation in the rural provinces
such as Northern Cape, Mpumalanga, North West and Eastern
Cape. Most of these providers lack the skills to develop learning
materials.
Future Plans
In the 2011/12 financial year, accreditation applications will only be
accepted from constituent providers who apply for 25 or more
credits. These unit standard packages must be linked to, or be part
of, a full qualification.
The ETDP SETA will develop a structured provider development
project targeting the rural provinces. Well established and excelling
providers can be used to incubate aspiring providers in these
provinces. The ETDP SETA will investigate mechanisms to fund
and monitor the development of providers in provinces such as
the North West, Northern Cape, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, rural
Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
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