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)Purpose |
| 11. | This CAT Policy and Criteria: |
| a. | locates CAT in the policies and practices for learning pathways and articulation; |
| b. | applies to credits awarded towards qualifications and part-qualifications registered on the NQF and offered by recognised providers of education and training in South Africa; |
| c. | provides for the development and implementation of CAT as an integral component of the design of qualifications and part-qualifications; |
| d. | facilitates the development of credible, efficient and transparent processes for CAT within and between the Sub-Frameworks of the NQF; |
| e. | brings arrangements for CAT into a single differentiated system, and has implications for progression within and between qualifications and part-qualifications; and |
| f. | intends to benefit individuals seeking to progress between qualifications and part-qualifications on the NQF, and between these qualifications and part-qualifications and the world of work. |