1. EDUCATION AND TRAINING QUALITY ASSURANCE Acting Senior Manager: ETQA
Edmund Nxumalo
Acting Senior Manager: ETQA

2. Overview Functions of an ETQA Criteria for accreditation
Accreditation Process
ISETTSETA Primary Focus

3. OVERVIEW (Cont) Monitoring, evaluation and auditing. Verification
Certification
Challenges
New strategy

4. Functions of an ETQA Accredit constituent providers
Promote quality amongst providers
Evaluate assessments and facilitate moderation amongst providers
Register constituent assessors for specified standards and qualifications

5. Functions of an ETQA Certify learners
Co-operate with moderating bodies appointed by SAQA
Recommend new standards and/or qualifications or modification to existing ones to SAQA
Maintain a database acceptable to SAQA

6. Criteria for accreditation
Quality Management System
Registration in terms of applicable legislation
Ability to develop, deliver and evaluate learning programmes
Management of assessments
including RPL and appeals

7. Criteria for accreditation
Financial, administrative and physical resources
Staff selection, appraisal and development
Learner entry, guidance and support
Management of off-site practical or work-site components
Reporting procedures

8. Accreditation Process
ISETTSETA ETQA Division:
Receives request/letter of intent
Checks for fit with primary focus
Sends Accreditation documentation
THE PROVIDER
Completes the application form
Submits complete application form with required documents

9. Accreditation Process (cont.)
ISETTSETA ETQA Division
Receives application and checks for completeness
Evaluates application against criteria
Negotiates accreditation visit with provider

10. Accreditation Process (cont.)
Conducts site visit/Evaluate the POE and learning programme
Give feedback to the provider
Recommends provider for accreditation to the CEO
Sends letter to confirm accreditation

11. ISETTSETA Primary Focus
Primary focus refers to the aspect of learning (quals and stds) the SETA has applied for to quality assure
ISETTSETA is accredited as an ETQA for the following quals:
Certificate: Telecommunications for Customer Premises Equipment Level
Certificate: Telecommunications for Customer Premises Equipment Level

12. ISETTSETA Primary Focus (Cont.)
Certificate in Telecommunications for Customer Premises Equipment Level
National Certificate: Information Technology: Technical Support Level
National Certificate: Information Technology: Systems Development Level

13. ISETTSETA Primary Focus (Cont.)
National Certificate: Information Technology: Systems Support Level
National Certificate: Information Technology: Systems Development Level
National Certificate: Information Technology: End User Computing Level

14. MONITORING,EVALUATION AND AUDITING
Annually-against criteria for accreditation
Developmental-Start this year
3 year period-Judgmental
For quality delivery, re-accreditation and de-accreditation

15. verification Moderator report Synopsis for moderator reports
Entire process
Prerequisite for certification

16. Certification Full qualification-primary focus-ISETTSETA.
Associated unit standards-primary focus- providers.
Non-unit standard based learning programmes or short courses-providers.
Can be delegated-prior approval before certification

17. Challenges Assessor/moderator registration.
Provider accreditation and programme approval.
Assessors/moderators-scarcity.
Certification
Unit standards and qualifications.

18. NEW STRATEGY Dedicated person for assessor/moderator registration.
ETQA services.
Assessor/moderator training.
Speedy verifications
JIP with SAQA.

19. Deliverables- New Strategy
by end October 2005
Completed
(2006)
difference
Bottlenecks in service delivery: provider accreditation
Total number
Full accreditation= 22
Provisional accreditations=20
Programme approvals=3
TT=45
Full accreditations=24
Provisional= 51
Programme approval=8
TT=83 2 31 5
TT=38

20. DETAILS
Contact details: ISETTSETA Telephone: Fax: