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

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Policy and Criteria for Credit Accumulation and Transfer within the National Qualifications Framework (as amended, 2021)

Criteria for quality CAT processes

 

24. Credit within the context of the NQF must measure the volume and level of learning required within the context of a qualification or part-qualification. Credit must be quantified as the number of notional study hours required for achieving the learning outcomes of a qualification or part-qualification at a specific NQF level as described in the NQF Level Descriptors. One credit must equal ten (10) notional hours of learning.

 

25. In CAT processes, the NQF Level Descriptors must be used to develop credit matrices that express the knowledge, skills, competences and other relevant learning outcomes that enable individuals to transition from one qualification/ part-qualification, department, institution, programme and/or NQF Sub-Framework, to another.

 

26. Exact matches between modules and credits can be complex and require consideration of different NQF Sub-Framework systems. Subject/module contents of credit already held can be split across multiple modules in the initial institution that may occur in a single module in the qualification to which transfer is being sought. The content of credit held may be at a different NQF level to that in the qualification into which transfer is sought. Judgements need to be made and supplementary learning requirements decided.