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P resentation of the Umalusi 2013/14 Annual Report

P resentation of the Umalusi 2013/14 Annual Report to the Select Committee on Education and Recreation ______________________ 05 November 2014 Dr Mafu S Rakometsi. Purpose / Mandate Summarised External Environment : Impact on Umalusi Organisational Performance per Unit

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P resentation of the Umalusi 2013/14 Annual Report

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  1. Presentation of the Umalusi 2013/14 Annual Report to the Select Committee on Education and Recreation ______________________ 05 November 2014 Dr Mafu S Rakometsi

  2. Purpose / Mandate Summarised • External Environment : Impact on Umalusi • Organisational Performance per Unit • Financial Information • Current Issues and Way Forward • Conclusion • Overview

  3. Umalusi’s mandate is determined by two Acts namely: • The National Qualifications Framework Act of 2008; and • The General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act of 2001 amended in 2008. • Mandate Summarised

  4. Qualifications and Standards: • Develop and manage a sub-framework of qualifications in collaboration with SAQA and the other two QCs supported by the necessary quality assurance policies and processes. • Mandate Summarised

  5. Quality Assurance: • Develop and implement the necessary quality assurance policies i.r.o.: - Quality assurance of provision: Accredit private providers of education and training and assessment and monitor the public system; - Quality assure assessments at exit points and certify learner achievements • Mandate Summarised

  6. Information: • Maintain a database of learner achievements and related matters; and submit such data in a format determined in consultation with the SAQA for recording on the national learners’ records database Research: • Commission and publish research related to the development and implementation of the sub-framework of qualifications • Mandate Summarised

  7. Advice and Collaboration: • Formalization of relationships which include: • Advice to the relevant Minister on matters relating to the GFET sub-framework of qualifications • Collaboration with the SAQA and other QCs in terms of the NQF • Advocacy of the sub-framework and its qualifications • Mandate Summarised

  8. The NQF Act (2008): changes in the roles and responsibilities of the various bodies in the quality assurance landscape; • The subsequent amendment of the various Acts that govern the work of the QCs which has required more capacity and a review of Umalusi’s positions and approaches; • Differing models and views on the nature of standard setting and quality assurance • External Environment : Impact

  9. The National Development Plan (2011): Highlights education and training priorities that must be addressed in planning • The process of collaboration with SAQA (and with the other QCs) in the transition to the NQF Act has meant that staff have been extensively involved in both Ministerial and SAQA task teams • Finalisation of the NQF (December 2012): Ministerial regulation of the revised NQF (and sub-frameworks) • The White Paper on a Post School System (Dec 2013): Provides a vision for the post school system • External Environment : Impact

  10. The Department of Higher Education and Training has created significant changes in terms of the Acts relating to colleges, but appears to be vacillating iro the suite of qualifications it wishes to offer: NC(V) task team report has been finalised and certain changes proposed, but the debates on the future of the NCV continue; uncertainty regarding the location of the N1 – N3 programmes continue • The Department of Basic Education is implementing the CAPS - Umalusi is currently analysing the changes made to the curricula and the standard of the assessments • The fate of adult learners remains uncertain as a decision has been taken to extend the Senior Certificate. This decision may affect planning for the roll out of the NASCA. • External Environment : Impact

  11. Umalusi sets and maintains educational standards and assures quality through a combination of processes and interventions. The 2012/2013 quality assurance regime included the following: - Evaluation and benchmarking of existing qualifications and curricula (Intended curriculum) and issuing authentic certificates; development of new qualifications and curricula - Ensuring through external moderation processes that assessments at exit points are of an acceptable standard and that examinations are conducted in a credible manner through verifying the national and provincial monitoring systems (Examined curriculum) - • Quality Assurance Regime 2013/2014

  12. - Ensuring that standardisation processes are reliable, consistent and that standardization decisions are upheld during resulting - Accrediting private institutions (schools, FET colleges and Adult Centres) to offer the qualifications Umalusi certifies (enacted curriculum) - Accrediting private assessment bodies to offer / assess the qualifications Umalusi certifies and monitoring of public assessment bodies • Quality Assurance Regime 2013/2014

  13. The role of QCC is to ensure and enhance the status and quality of the qualifications Umalusi certifies. Quality assuring the qualifications and their related curricula is QCC’s contribution to the overall quality of the certificate which Umalusi issues. This function also oversees the issuing and verification of certificates. (Qualifications: SC; NSC; N3; NCV 2,3,4; GETC: adults) • Qualifications, Curriculum & Certification Unit (QCC)

  14. Qualifications, Curriculum & Certification

  15. Qualifications, Curriculum & Certification

  16. This function entails establishing, maintaining and improving standards and quality in assessment at exit points in General and Further Education and Training. In order to fulfil this function, Umalusi uses five key processes: • external moderation of question papers; • verification of monitoring the conduct of examinations; • external moderation of marking; • external moderation of continuous assessment; and • standardisation of assessment results. (Qualifications: SC; NSC; N3; NCV 2,3,4; GETC: adults) • Quality Assurance of Assessments Unit (QAA)

  17. Quality Assurance of Assessment

  18. Quality Assurance of Assessments

  19. Quality Assurance of Assessments

  20. The evaluation and accreditation Unit is responsible for accrediting private institutions through quality assurance of their provision for the qualifications Umalusi certifies. The unit evaluates; • The capacity of education and training providers to implement registered qualifications and approved curricula; and • The quality of the enacted curriculum in providers i.e. teaching and learning at the required standard • The capacity of assessment bodies to conduct practical, internal, and external assessment of learner achievement at the required standard, leading to the certification of registered qualifications • Evaluation and Accreditation Unit (E&A)

  21. Accreditation of Private Providers

  22. Accreditation of Private Providers

  23. Evaluation and Accreditation of Assessment Bodies

  24. The mandate of the SIR unit is to conduct research as identified by the needs of the organisation and report on the key indicators of quality and standards in general and further education and training; to establish and maintain databases; to lead statistical research and analysis; and to inform and provide statistical support for the work in other units. The SIR Unit also plays a role in organizational and professional development at Umalusi. • Statistical Information and Research Unit • (SIR)

  25. Statistical Information and Research

  26. Governance and Office of the CEO (GOCEO) This unit ensures that: • Strategic and Annual Performance Plans are in place and that the organisation carries out its remit • Corporate Governance as per King 111 is implemented • Umalusi’s work is advocated through a Communications and Public Relations strategy • Stakeholder relationships are built and managed

  27. Governance and Office of the CEO

  28. Information Technology Infrastructure & Systems

  29. Information Technology Infrastructure & Systems

  30. Finance, HRD & Admin Support

  31. Financial Performance 2013/14

  32. Financial Position 2013/14

  33. UMALUSI 3 YEAR FORECAST

  34. Total Income 2000/01 (actual) to 2017/18 (budget)

  35. Implementation of the GFETQSF (new qualifications and implications for QA processes, curriculum development , different interpretations of mandate, scope of the sub-framework) • Setting standards for the GFETQSF (Norm referenced to Criterion referenced – use of IRT) • New accreditation processes – roll-out • Budget requirements in the years going forward i.t.o. grant • Current Issues and the Way Forward

  36. Umalusi wishes to thank the Honorable Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee, Mrs. LL Zwane and the members for their ongoing support • Conclusion

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