Irene James

Lynel, you are backing the wrong horse! Dig deeper, girl!

This is absolutely unacceptable.  
I sincerely hope you had a signed contract, outlining rates and conditions of payment with the provider. I strongly suggest that you name and shame this provider. As private providers, we simply cannot afford to entertain these unscrupulous providers, who give us a bad name. Root out the rot.   

Yup, Percy!   You noticed that as well!?.  The timing is always puuurrrfect!
He did the same thing with his previous attempt to rob industry of the funding. Fortunately BUSA caught him out.  Hope they are still wide awake as he tries the same stunt.
So come on folk – don’t be caught napping – have your say. – Especially all those private provi…[Read more]

Hi chaps – I feel like a duck (old one at that) paddling furiously under the water at the moment. Either that, or I am chasing my tail.
Dying to comment on the brain-based stuff, but will get to it in a few days’ time.
Keep the pot boiling in the meantime. It’s such an interesting topic!  

Hi Sylvia
Lovely morning in Durban today!
How about setting up a new discussion link on “Brain -Based learning” on Skills-Universe.  There is such interesting stuff for facilitators, assessors and programme designers to share and learn ?
Cheers
Irene

Hi Cas – love your thinking! We must have a chat over coffee/beer one day!  
Thanks for sharing the readings – Some of them I have not come across, but I make a point of exposing our candidates (facilitators, assessors, material developers etc) to Dan Pink and David Rock  – Forms Assignment 7 of the learning pack for “wannabee” facilitators th…[Read more]

Outstanding discussion! Our “three Muskateers” are really on a roll! Love the reference to the understanding of formative and summative assessments. The problem is, how many of our dear SETA verifiers understand the difference between the two? Formative assessments are developmental, whilst summative assessments are judgemental. Which means that…[Read more]

Mmmm, I don’t buy the story that “some work is better than no work”.   It still leads to total exploitation of desperate people who perform an essential service.
I think the time has come for these Domestics Workers to say #FEES-MUST-RISE” and demand that they are given opportunities for training in these roles (AET, child care; domestic s…[Read more]

R2 230.70 per month for a reliable person who runs and cleans a home, looks after the kids etc etc at the expense of her own life? It is still sheer exploitation of domestic workers. Shameful.
People who cannot afford these employees should do without them or pay them a decent liveable salary.  They need to try running their lives without this e…[Read more]

Yup! Quite a grey “fuzzy” area. – Typical of how the ETQA’s do not talk to each other. Hopefully the QCTO will sort this out. 
There are many such issues that need to be standardised (including the Verifiers who make their own rules and bully Private providers in the process.)
We need to request – no, INSIST  that these issues adhere to ac…[Read more]