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Managing an education institution requires a high level of dedication and expertise from its staff, together with effective management procedures and up-to-date, accurate and reliable information.

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Diagrammatic representation of RSA Qualifications System 5 Replies

Does anyone have a diagrammatic representation of South Africa's Qualifications system, showing the interrelation between all aspects and elements of the system, such as the relevant government depar…

Started by Jacki. Last reply by Jim Brown Feb 10.

Interest in workplace-based Environmental Education plus a quick survey, thanks

I hope you are all well? Yes, I am back this time following up with a request around environmental education and its role within the workplace. with the growing impact of the low-carbon economy and S…

Tagged: Education, MANCOSA, Environmental, Skills, Glasson

Started by Ashwell Glasson Feb 8.

Final tally: 86.1% of survey respondents want to complete a bachelors in training and development

Tackling continuing professional development (CPD) in the education, training and development sector is challenging for both organisations and practitioners. With the vast amount of training provider…

Tagged: Degree, Results, Training, Glasson, ODETDP

Started by Ashwell Glasson Jan 19.

Survey news: 85.7% of survey respondents would be interested in enrolling for a bachelors in training and development

The interest is really there, most respondents (35) would like to enroll in a bachelors in training and development, either for personal or professional purposes. So far with the help of new member,…

Tagged: North, Glasson, West, University, Potchefstroom

Started by Ashwell Glasson Jan 18.

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Comment by Umi Mokati on November 11, 2009 at 2:50pm: Hi, I am new and just wanted to introducing myself.

Comment by arura on October 21, 2009 at 10:36pm: Taddy in an incredible inspiration - what an amazing person and look what he achieved on inspiration alone!

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Comment by Denise Bonnelle on September 17, 2009 at 9:57am: Oh Ok. Thanks Shaun. So if we need a system that works for us, we contact you?

Comment by Shaun Swartz on September 17, 2009 at 8:42am: Hi Denise,
Quite simply, our strategy to resolving this problem has been to supply providers with systems that work for them. Then an interface exists so they don't have to double capture the information to submit to all the relevant SETAs.

Comment by Denise Bonnelle on September 17, 2009 at 8:26am: I have to agree with Nigel here. As one of the providers that works with a few different SETAs, it can be quite daunting with all the different systems.

Comment by Nigel Storm Shipston on September 16, 2009 at 6:17pm: Hi Shaun,
Haven't forgotten this, just tied up a little.

I will elaborate a little more later, but I find that there are differences between the MIS's required by different ETQA's. The ETQA's all seem to have opted for different IT Providers who have all developed different systems for the respective ETQA MIS. This in turn impacts on the providers who are accreditted over a number of ETQA's and are uploading learner info in different formats. Perhaps the key here is for all ETQA's to adopt a common system, which will return to a common system for all providers. Need to explore this a lot more though.

Comment by Shaun Swartz on September 12, 2009 at 7:35pm: Hi Nigel,
Thanks for your comments. Consistency has many advantages including allowing providers to co-operate with one another and standardised reporting.

I feels costs of using and managing MIS's are changing due to SaaS - Software as a Service.

Do you have any practical suggestions that we could explore to satisfy your need of finding an affordable, easy to use MIS for the SMME sector of providers?

Comment by Nigel Storm Shipston on September 12, 2009 at 10:07am: Hi Shaun,
Agreed, buy in is most important. Obviously a lot easier for smaller organisations, but as they grow larger this buy in becomes a bit more strenuous. What I find most needed at the moment is an affordable, easy to use MIS that will satisfy the SMME sector of providers. I would estimate that 90% of the providers I deal with currently fall within this category, and they are restricted by time and finance in terms of exploring MIS's. I might add that many have done a little research into this and have been put off by costs and /or reputation. In the name of consistency, I would love to see all these providers operating on a common MIS.

Comment by Denise Bonnelle on September 11, 2009 at 4:31pm: Hi Shaun
Thanks for the invite. Hope we have some interesting topics and discussions coming up. Have a great weekend.
Regards Denise