1. ISETT SETA ETQA Division: Board Meeting Presentation: 31 March 2006 Edmund Nxumalo

2. Deliverables from Board Session CommentsActionsTarget Date Communication with stakeholders around progress on e.g. accreditation, programme approval, registrations etc Capacity building of new and prospective education and training providers. Quality promotion of accredited providers. Immediate and regular feedback to be provided on progress ongoing

3. Deliverables from Board Session CommentsActionsTarget Date Bottlenecks in service delivery: provider accreditation Revisit provider accreditation policy, procedures and strategy. Democratic decentralization of ETQA functions to provinces where we have regions. site visits –conducted-fast track accreditation process.3 persons x2 visits per day x 4=24 accreditations per week=48 in 2 weeks.92 per month. Utilization of ETQA services (consultants) April 2006 Bottlenecks in service delivery: learner certification Speedy analysis of moderator reports and Conduct of verification visits to fasttrack the certification process ongoing

4. Quantitative data before and after the board meeting DeliverablesBefore board meeting (October 2005) Currently (January 2006) From board meeting to date Bottlenecks in service delivery: provider accreditation Total number Full accreditation = 22 Provisional accreditations = 20 Programme approvals = 3 TOTAL= 45 Full accreditations = 25 Provisional = 77 Programme approval = 8 TOTAL = 110 3 57 5 TOTAL = 65 Bottlenecks in service delivery: learner certification 46 certificates printed12541208

5. BREAKDOWN CategoryDescriptionNumber Of SMME Accredited Training Providers BEE Status Full Accreditation Provisional Accreditation Africa n White 1 - 49Small & Micro 2269 3853 50 -149Medium28 46 150+Large10 1 Total2577 4260

6. ASSESSORS GenderRace MaleFemaleAfricanIndianColouredWhite 32571812752 Total 89

7. MODERATORS Moderators GenderRace MaleFemaleAfricanWhiteColouredIndian 748111 Total 11

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

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

10. Key Activities based on new Strategy DescriptionTarget Date Assessor and moderator training projectApril 2006 Accreditation site visits before programme evaluations to fast track accreditation June 2006 Programme evaluations for all provisionally accredited providers June 2006 Verification and certification of all learners for completed learnerships April 2006 Assessor/moderator registrations for all who applied April 2006 Updating of the sms(NLRD) with all learners already certificated April 2006

11. THANK YOU Email: edmund.nxumalo@isettseta.org.zaedmund.nxumalo@isettseta.org.za Tel: 011-2072600 Cell: 0829246358