Improving Women's Financial Literacy & Capabilities Globally

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 · 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Central · Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Visa Inc. will co-host the seventh annual Financial Literacy and Education…

Is there a difference between being qualified and being registered as a qualified assessor and/or moderator?

The answer is simply yes. All assessors and moderators must first and foremost be qualified as such.

To become a qualified assessor or moderator the candidate must first be trained on unit standard 115753 – Assess outcomes based assessment. Following training the candidate must produce a portfolio of evidence and must be assessed as competent. Following the assessment,…

The Services Sector Education and Training Authority (SSETA) congratulates all the Matriculants who have passed their examinations, and continues to encourage those learners who did not succeed to take up the many other opportunities within the post-school Education and Training environment.

The Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga stated that “while a notable improvement in the pass rate has been achieved, the announcement of the 2012 matric results…

EDUCATION STRATEGIES, POLICIES AND GOALS. NOW HOW ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION?

Whilst the Education strategies, policies and goals (see below article below) are all worthy and necessary IMPLEMENTATION is lacking, we cannot afford to wait until 2030.

Immediate steps need to be taken to provide skills and to create…

A clearing house has been established by the Department of Higher Education and Training to facilitate the collection of information about 2012 Matriculants who are looking for a place at one of our many Universities.

The information recorded will be supplied to the relevant Universities and Universities of Technology to assist with the filling of places that…

FET is an abbreviation for Further Education and Training.

The focus of this website is on public Further Education and Training that…

Turn cold calls Into Gold Calls is a book written by internationally acclaimed Training Professional, Clive Price plus co-author…

Please see attached article from KZN’s ‘The Independent’ newspaper on a Case Study of Community Based Sport Tourism in KZN which is supported by a German organization which encourages Germans to ‘volunteer’ services for the local community.

CDI INTERNATIONAL (Community Development Initiatives International)  is…

Nestle' has benefited from Section 12I of the Income Tax Act to create 130 permanent positions in Babelegi, Hammanskraal.  The Tax Allowance Programme provides relief for companies setting up manufacturing operations and will provide training for the new employees.

Speaking at the dti launch Minister Rob Davies explained that food security is a priority for South Africa. This investment is part of the national strategy to enhance agro-processing and that a number of multinationals are…

The Association for Private Providers of Education, Training and Development (APPETD) initiated the following committees each with a clearly defined goal of being an effective instrument of change and to address the needs of the private providers.

APPETD as a not-for-profit employer’s association prioritised some of the immediate issues that concern the…

I have been reading and listening to the racial anger that is being shouted out from all manner of leaders in our country.

Although South Africa was praised for the Truth and Reconciliation process - many people felt that we did not go far enough. It was felt that there should have been apologies for many of the historical events that led up to our freedom in 1994.…

This afternoon (12 June 2012) President Jacob Zuma announced a number of portfolio changes.  The Department of Higher Education and Training, which is the main interest of most of the skills-universe members - loses Professor Hlengiwe Mkhize and gains Mr Mduduzi Manana as Deputy Minister.  I'm sure all members wish him to hit the ground running and to be successful in this critical portfolio.

The full media briefing is included below for the general…

• Do learners who have matriculated have to repeat the FET language unit standards?

No. However, the learners who are eligible for RPL against those unit standards need to be accommodated.

• I want to find an accredited provider who offers a specific qualification or unit standard. How do I go about finding such a provider?

ETQAs keep databases that…

• Why do we do RPL?

Here are some of the reasons why RPL is done:

• To redress the historical disadvantages like exclusion of many people from education and training because of regulations used by institutions, exclusion from certain jobs of certain population groups, etc.
• To validate people's skills and knowledge
• For broader development of individuals
• To facilitate access to jobs and progression…