1. The NLRD Qualifications Verification Service Presenter: Cleo Radebe Deputy Director National Learners’ records Database (NLRD) South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)

2. What is the NLRD? An integrated information system to facilitate the management of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) - the first such system in the world

3. The two main functions of the NLRD To provide policy makers with comprehensive information to enable informed decision-making To provide learners and employers with proof of qualifications obtained

4. The two main streams of the NLRD Qualifications and unit standards, and all of the resources that support them (such as NQF levels, Organising Fields, SGBs) Learners and their achievements, and all of the resources that support them (such as ETQAs, Providers, Assessors)

5. NLRD Stream 2: Learners and their Achievements

6. Data Flow to the NLRD (Learner Achievements) Providers ETQA SAQA - NLRD

7. Currently available data University achievements:1986 to 2004 (plus some earlier records) Technikon achievements:1999 to 2004 Senior Certificate:1992 to 2007 SETA and ETQA achievements up to 2008 NB: South African qualifications only (Foreign qualifications: CEEQ Directorate)

8. Verifications done for: Individuals Clients ◦ Individual ◦ Bulk

9. Individual Verifications Information required: Full names (including previous surname/s) National ID number Date of Birth Results: A learner transcript (see next slide) NB: Verifications for individuals are done free of charge

11. Client Verifications: Individuals Signed agreement Information required: Full names (including previous surname/s) National ID number Qualification Institution Year (completion)

12. Client Verifications: Individuals Verification results: We add a Found column with either a ‘Yes’ or a ‘No’, and Comments where applicable

13. Client verifications: Bulk S igned bulk agreement Information required: Candidate information as per the ‘Requirements for Bulk Verifications on the NLRD.xls’ spreadsheet

14. Client verifications: Bulk (continued) ‘Requirements…’ has 5 worksheets: Table required Sample Code list - Qual Type Code list - Learning Field Code list - Provider

15. Client verifications: Bulk (continued) Table required fields National ID Last Name First Name Middle Name Previous Last Name Qualification Type ID Learning Field ID Provider ID Year Obtained Qualification Title

16. Client verifications: Bulk (continued) Verification results: An Excel spreadsheet with 2 worksheets: Qualifications Found Qualifications Not found

17. Client Fee Structure Individual: R40 (=<124 people) Bulk: R5000 (=> 125 people) Bulk option for (=<124 people): Minimum R5000.

18. Contact Person Details Name: Cleo Radebe Phone: 012 431 5155 E-mail: verifications@saqa.org.za

19. Analysis based on the National Learners’ Records Database An NLRD Publication: Trends in Public Higher Education in South Africa 1995 to 2004

20. In the Report: 54 work-related fields of study, grouped into 5 broad fields Trends per field of study, qualification type and level, population group, and gender. Analysis of SA ‘pool’ in the same categories. Of benefit to: Labour Market and Educational analysis and decision-making; Employment Equity Planning; Academic Planning

21. Sample page: Trends by Broad Field of Study Largest average annual growth: Business and Management Sciences Lowest average annual growth: Social Sciences and Humanities Second lowest: Engineering Sciences and Technology

22. How to order: www.saqa.org.za - read more about the report, and print out the order form, orwww.saqa.org.za Phone 012 431 5050 / 012 431 5156, or Fax 012 431 5051 CD costs R1300; Book costs R3200 (CD contains more information than book)

23. Questions and Discussion