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Hi James,
Co-incidentally, I was just writing that up last week & thinking the same thing. Did we get anywhere? The last I heard it was at NEDLAC.

If they were talking about moving back to 50% in this year, I would suspect that it was really hampered by being 4 months short of levies, as a result of the levy holiday during COVID-19. So that might…[Read more]

Thannks Leon and Willemien,
I’m posting on LinkedIn and the ASDSA Whatsapp. Tonight I picked up from LinkedIn this answer.
“You register a learner on a course. You enrol a learner against a standard.”
Now that is a bit confusing to me – can you expand upon that?

Hi Karen,
After a quick look and discussion on ASDSA whatsapp, this is my outcome so far:
Enrolment is when the learner enrols for a programme with a provider.
Registration can be:
* the SAQA qualification registration process on the NQF – the qualification is registered
* it can be once the learner has enrolled and the record of the learner is…[Read more]

Hi Karen,
After a quick look and discussion on ASDSA whatsapp, this is my outcome so far:
Enrolment is when the learner enrols for a programme with a provider.
Registration can be:
* the SAQA qualification registration process on the NQF – the qualification is registered
* it can be once the learner has enrolled and the record of the learner is…[Read more]

Hi Karen,
Very interesting question. Thanks.
I will distribute it.
sylvia

Thank you Lynel, for that very comprehensive reply. and than you Cecile for your question.
I am absolutly sure that there are many members who will read and benefit from the information.

And yes, SETAs are here until 2030 – according to the current plans.

Hi Des,
Thanks for your posting.

Yes, I believe that Lynel is correct in that it is not all qualifications, because there is a separate clause that indicates that the industry stakeholders could determine differently.

Now, that is not necessarily a straightforward question. It may potentially be a problem, because it depends upon who is making…[Read more]

Hi Sylvia
My understanding would be as set out by John in the response above. However what does need urgent clarification is the issue of the 4 forms of qualification you quite rightly question above also.
If simulated learning is permitted for all new OQSF qualifications then I perceive a real problem when it comes to practical application of…[Read more]

Thank you Lynel – an interesting answer, and an excellent example.

I will pick up one paragraph that relates to my current research :-

” … there are many unemployed people out there. Unfortunately, a lot of them are over the 35 age mark, and cannot get the opportunity to enter into a learnership, as they are too old.”

If they are over 35,…[Read more]

Hi Lynel,
Overnight, I carried on thinking about what I had said and it made me think that there is something else that needs to be brought out in the implications of the change.

When there is a Learning Programme that an employer hosts at their workplace, the learner signs an employment contract for the duration of that Learning Programme. The…[Read more]

Thanks Lynel for very useful practical comments. I like your idea of providers working together to create simulated workplaces. In all the tool-dominated, technical, & IT environments that will be possible.

It may lack the communication & political dynamics of a real workplace, but we need to make choices in this difficult economic environment -…[Read more]

Thank you Christopher, that is a very good observation.

To my mind, we regularly spend time on policy and strategy & legal documents, which are all very professional and look good, but we don’t seem to spend as much time and give as much thought into how will we will actually implement.

Personally, I think that we need to start from the other…[Read more]

Thank you Christopher, that is a very good observation.

To my mind, we regularly spend time on policy and strategy & legal documents, which are all very professional and look good, but we don’t seem to spend as much time and give as much thought into how will we will actually implement.

Personally, I think that we need to start from the other…[Read more]

Hi John,
Just being pedantic, but surely it should have been:
work-based = anything simulated or related to artificial creation of “work” for the purpose of learning
and then
workplace = at an actual workplace, actual on site learning.