National Qualifications Framework Act, 2008 (Act No. 67 of 2008)NoticesPolicy and Criteria for Credit Accumulation and Transfer within the National Qualifications Framework (as amended, 2021)Criteria for designing articulation to enable progression in general and access to CAT in particular |
| 21. | Progression pathways/articulation must be developed during the design of new qualifications/part-qualifications for registration on the NQF, so as to support the implementation of CAT when the qualifications/part-qualifications are implemented: |
| a. | systemic articulation must be ensured by basing qualification and part-qualification development and implementation on NQF legislation and policy; |
| b. | specific articulation must be based on formal agreements within the education and training system, within and between two or more education and training sub-systems, within and between specific institutional types and/or institutions, and within and between the NQF Sub-Frameworks, according to NQF policy, principles, criteria and guidelines; and |
| c. | efforts must be made to support individual learning pathways by optimising diverse flexible admission and progression processes such as RPL, CAT, bridging courses, mentoring and other means of learner support. |
| 22. | Credit transfer may be used towards: |
| a. | the same qualification or part-qualification in a different institution; or |
| b. | a different cognate qualification or part-qualification in the same or a different institution. |
| 23. | Credit transfer can therefore take place: |
| a. | on the same NQF level or across NQF levels; |
| b. | in the same NQF Sub-Framework or across different NQF Sub-Frameworks; |
| c. | across departments in the same institution or across departments and different institutions; |
| d. | within a learning programme or across learning programmes, as applicable. |