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

Notices

Policy and Criteria for Credit Accumulation and Transfer within the National Qualifications Framework (as amended, 2021)

Principles for CAT

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12. This CAT Policy and Criteria is based on the following principles, elaborated below, which will guide the CAT-related work of all organisations and institutions responsible for developing, quality assuring and/or offering qualifications and/or part-qualifications on the NQF:
a. transparency;
b. articulation by design;
c. access to credit accumulation, the recognition of credit, and credit transfer;
d. quality comparisons based on credible methods; and
e. support for the supplementary work needed to address gaps found in CAT processes.