Umalusi AET Report

Private AET operates in a range of social and demographic contexts. Providers indicated that theirprogrammes were being provided in the following areas: urban towns (most often), urban cities,rural areas, established townships, and informal settlements (least often).PROGRAMMES AND DELIVERYThe range of programmes offered covers a full range, including NQF-registered qualifi cations(ABET levels 1 to 3, GETC, occupational qualifi cations sometimes linked to learnerships) andnon-NQF-registered qualifi cations and short courses. Most providers (45 out of 50) state that learningmaterials are unit standard based rather than learning programme based, with no signifi cantdifference between in-house and out-sourcing of the production of learning materials forprogrammes.NQF-registered qualifi cations are usually quality assured and certifi cated by Umalusi, less often bySETA ETQAs and specialist professional bodies. Quality assurance of provision is most frequentlyconducted by Umalusi, followed by the ETDP SETA, although different providers have links with awide range of SETAs.4