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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)

Principles for CAT

 

12. This CAT Policy and Criteria is based on the following principles, elaborated below, which will guide the CAT-related work of all organisations and institutions responsible for developing, quality assuring and/or offering qualifications and/or part-qualifications on the NQF:
a. transparency;
b. articulation by design;
c. access to credit accumulation, the recognition of credit, and credit transfer;
d. quality comparisons based on credible methods; and
e. support for the supplementary work needed to address gaps found in CAT processes.