Abstract
South Africa has instituted a new education and training dispensation, with the core drivers being the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA), National Standards bodies and Education and Training Quality Assurance bodies (Olivier, 1998:ix). The SAQA Act (1995) enables South Africa to develop its own integrated National Qualifications Framework (NQF) accompanied by a supporting quality-assurance system
Highlights
South Africa has instituted a new education and training dispensation, with the core drivers being the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA), National Standards bodies and Education and Training Quality Assurance bodies (Olivier, 1998:ix)
The brief of the Standards Generating Bodies (SGBs) for Social Work was as follows: Develop learning pathways for potential qualifications and unit standards in the area of Social Work from National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Level 4 to Level 8; Generate qualifications and standards in the areas of Social Work in terms of the requirements of relevant legislation and the establishment of best practices; Recommend qualifications and standards to National Standards Bodies (NSBs) 09; Recommend criteria for assessors and moderators/moderating bodies; Liaise with other NSBs and SGBs that have a vested interest in the subject; Perform such other functions as may from time to time be delegated by the NSB
Following the NSB meeting, a meeting was held with the Director of Standards Setting and Development at SAQA on 12 November 2002 regarding certain issues raised by NSB 09 and SAQA that the SGB wished to clarify further
Summary
South Africa has instituted a new education and training dispensation, with the core drivers being the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA), National Standards bodies and Education and Training Quality Assurance bodies (Olivier, 1998:ix). The SAQA Act (1995) enables South Africa to develop its own integrated National Qualifications Framework (NQF) accompanied by a supporting quality-assurance system. The SAQA Act (1995) and its Regulations (1998a:17) make provision for the establishment of Standards Generating Bodies (SGBs) to develop standards and qualifications. For this purpose, an SGB for Social Work was established in order to generate standards and qualifications for Social Work, including Social Auxiliary Work. The NSB made a SAQA Coordinator available to the SGB for consultation purposes, the task and capacity building for the work of the SGB were very much a learning process, which unfolded as the development of the qualifications progressed. This article reports on SAQA’s brief for SGBs; the process that was followed to establish an SGB for Social Work and write qualifications for Social Work; a brief outline of the contents of the Social Work qualifications; and the way forward after the qualifications have been registered on the NQF
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