Umalusi AET Report

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Job placement 6Alumni club 2Follow-up training 27Internship programmes 1Learnerships 4The range here appears to be impressive, especially in career guidance, information sharing, extraclasses, study skills, tutoring and follow-up training. The presence of libraries in half of the sites is alsoremarkable, though the quality of these cannot be ascertained. Clearly, the integration of learnersupport into private AET provision has become accepted practice. Only one provider mentionedcounselling as a form of learner support offered. Adult education literature generally would placecounselling and referral as probably the most essential form of learner support in AET.23
Section 4Evaluation and compliance4.1 INTRODUCTIONThis section is about the compliance of AET sites with Umalusi accreditation criteria. Evidence anddata was gathered from the verifi cation reports and from the accounts of evaluators at reportbackmeetings. The profi le data submitted by provider sites suggested a more positive picture ofprivate AET provision than the site visits revealed. The discussion below attempts to identify theareas of convergence and divergence between what programmes and evaluators reportedabout the actual delivery in AET sites.Evaluators were required to observe evidence, interact with programme staff and participants andcompile scores for the 11 evaluation criteria and associated indicators. As stated in section 2, the11 criteria were:• Leadership, governance• Policies, procedures, internal monitoring and review• Management information system (MIS) and reporting• Staff establishment• Qualifi cations and learning programmes• Instruction and delivery• Assessment• Facilities, equipment and learning support material• Learner access and support• Client satisfaction• Provider safety and securityCollated scores against the 11 criteria yielded an overall compliance score, with anything below3 representing non-compliance and a score of 6 representing 100%. Sixteen sites were found to becompliant, ie had their accreditation status confi rmed, eight of these sites had scores of 4 or more,while 34 sites did not have their accreditation status confi rmed.Explanation of the 6-point rating scale:Score Grading Explanation1 Unacceptable There are major gaps in thelevel of implementation andthe suffi ciency of evidenceprovided. The generalstandard of implementationis unacceptable. Urgent andsignifi cant improvement ofperformance is required.2 Weak The level of implementationand the suffi ciency ofevidence provided areinadequate to meet therequired standard. Theweaknesses are more than thestrengths. A lot of improvementis needed.24
Page 1 and 2: February 2008UMALUSI’S SITE VISIT
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Page 5 and 6: 3.8 Quality assurance . . . . . . .
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Page 18 and 19: FUNDINGCentres are funded from a va
Page 20 and 21: Full GETCNo. of providersFundamenta
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Page 26 and 27: 3.8 QUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY ASSURA
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Page 38 and 39: Section 6Closing observationsThe pr
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