National Qualifications Framework Act, 2008 (Act No. 67 of 2008)

Notices

Determination of the Sub-Frameworks that comprise the National Qualifications Framework

The National Qualifications Framework and its Sub-Frameworks
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1.The National Qualifications Framework Act, 2008 (the Act) in terms of section 7 read with sections 24 to 26 thereof, provides for the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) as a single integrated system for the classification,registration, publication and articulation of quality-assured national qualifications (s 4) comprising three co-ordinated qualifications sub-frameworks, each developed and managed by a Quality Council,viz.:
(a)The General and Further Education and Training Qualifications Sub-Framework under the Quality Council for General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi), contemplated in the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance (GENFETQA) Act, 2001 (Act 58 of 2001);
(b)The Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework under the Council on Higher Education, contemplated in the Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act 101Of 1997); and
(c)The Occupational Qualifications Sub-Framework under the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations, contemplated in the Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act 97 of 1998).

 

2.The Act also provides for Quality Councils to each:
(a)develop and manage its Sub-Framework,and make recommendations thereon to the Minister in terms of section 27(e); and
(b)in terms of section 27(f), in consultation with the SAQA, advise the Minister on matters relating to its Sub-Framework .

 

3.The three Quality Councils, through extended consultative processes, have developed and published their  Sub-Frameworks.

 

4.SAQA is co-ordinating the Sub-Frameworks in terms of section 11(c) of the Act.