Annual Report 2007/2008 - Umalusi

Report on Operations (continued)OutcomeAccreditation and monitoringsystems for providers ofeducation and trainingmaintained and extended.Accreditation and monitoringsystems for assessmentbodies maintained andextended.Unit administration systemmaintained and extended.Council Committeeestablishedand maintained.Key performanceindicatorExtension of provisionalaccreditation.Monitoring against improvementplans, including individualmonitoring reports.Site visits to institutions and reportsacross three sectors: independentschools, private FET colleges andAdult Learning Centres.Consolidated verifi cation site visitreports per sector.Articulation with registrationprocess of National Departmentand Provincial Departments ofEducation (PDEs).Quality assurance intervention atpublic FET colleges.Monitoring of existing assessmentbodies against improvementplans, including individualmonitoring reports.Evaluation of assessment systemfor the newly introduced NationalCertifi cate: Vocational (NCV).TargetThroughoutMay/June 2007March 2008December 2007January 2008February 2008March 2008September 2007September 2007September 2007Performance resultsNew applications received for the period underreview:– 78 independent schools;– 359 private FET learning sites; and– 76 private AET centres.Private providers monitored:– 555 independent schools;– 109 (288 sites) private FET colleges; and– 77 private AET centres.Learning sites and reports completed:– 150 independent schools;– 104 private FET learning sites; and– 50 private AET centres.Independent schools;Private FET colleges; andPrivate AET centres.Reporting process established between Umalusiand provincial departments of education (PDEs)in respect of independent schools;– All eligible private FET colleges recommendedfor registration to National Department;– 161 SETA FET providers referred toNational Department.14 public colleges visited to evaluate their stateof readiness to assess the newly introducedNational Certifi cate Vocational (NCV).Monitoring of, and site visits to:– Independent Examinations Board;– Onafhanklike Afrikaanse Eksamenraad (OAE).Monitoring of all public assessment bodies, andsite visits to:Western Cape; Limpopo; KwaZulu-Natal;Eastern Cape; Mpumalanga.Quality assurance intervention at 14 public FETcolleges. The evaluation to be extended tolarger system in 2008.MIS is functional;Improved workfl ows.Ongoing Unit MIS is fully functional and able toproduce meaningful status reports;Workfl ows have been revised andimplemented.Unit policies formalised. March 2008 Unit policies have been formalised.Internal audit fi ndingsaddressed.Appeals Committee convened.March 2008Meetings asper planInternal audit fi ndings have beensatisfactorily addressed.An Appeals Committee was formally constitutedin November 2007. It held its fi rst meetingin December 2007.17 U M A L U S I A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 7 / 0 8