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National Qualifications Framework Act, 2008 (Act No. 67 of 2008)

Notices

Occupational Qualifications Sub-Framework Policy

23. Implementation and Transitional Arrangements

 

23.1 The registration end date for Pre-2009 qualifications and unit standards registered on the OQSF shall be 30 June 2023.

 

23.2 The last date of first-time learners enrolling for Pre-2009 qualifications and unit standards registered on the OQSF shall be 30 June 2024.

 

23.3 The last date of achievement for learners enrolled for Pre-2009 qualifications and unit standards on the OQSF shall be 30 June 2027.

 

23.4 The OQSF will ensure that the accreditation periods for Pre-2009 qualifications coincide with the Ministerial Determination.

 

23.5 All qualifications registered on the OQSF must be aligned to the NQF Level Descriptors by 30 June 2023, to ensure coherence in learning, and to enable the allocation of qualifications to particular levels in order to assess their comparability and parity of esteem.

 

23.6 The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation may, on the advice of the SAQA and/or a Quality Council, publish exceptions on the Determination from time to time.

 

23.7 Records of learner achievements for qualifications or part-qualifications that have reached the last date of enrolment and last date of achievement remain valid.

 

23.8 Existing OQSF qualifications viz. Occupational Certificates will be revised and reregistered with qualification types in accordance with the New Ministerial Determination by 2025.

 

23.9 The QCTO will work with Umalusi and the CHE to ensure that the articulation routes involving the qualifications in the OQSF exist in practice by 2025.