RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING Awareness Campaign

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RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING Awareness Campaign

• South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)
• in collaboration with
• The Department of Labour

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NQF Objectives
PERSONAL, SOCIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ACCESS
REDRESS
EXPRESSED IN THE NQF OBJECTIVES
FUNDAMENTAL TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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What is RPL?

• NSB Regulations No 18787 of 28 Mar 1998
• - the giving of credit to what learners already
  know and can do regardless of whether this
  learning was achieved formally, informally or
  non-formally

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What is RPL?
Learning outcomes required for a specified
qualification
Credits awarded towards a qualification
Previous learning and experience
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Purpose of this policy

• To generate consensus around the criteria and
  support systems within which the integrity and
  quality of all assessments will be protected
  while at the same time extending the
  opportunities and benefits of RPL to all learners
  and stakeholders
• To mobilise education and training to develop
  systems whereby alternative forms of learning can
  be recognised

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The process of recognising prior learning

• Identifying what the candidate knows and can do
• Matching the candidates skills, knowledge and
  experience to specific unit standards and exit
  level outcomes of qualifications
• Assessing the candidate against those standards
• Crediting the candidate for skills, knowledge and
  experience built up through formal, informal and
  non-formal learning that occurred in the past

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The purpose of RPL

• There are different purposes for RPL, i.e.
• personal development
• certification
• access to further learning
• promotion
• career change

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The Benefits of RPL

• To the learner
• Reduces duplication of learning
• Enables completion of formal studies in a shorter
  time period
• Increases opportunities for returning to learning
• Identification of gaps in learners competence in
  terms of a qualification

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The Benefits of RPL

• To the education and training institution
• Identifies learners needs
• Decreases ad hoc credit transfer
• Internationally considered an academically sound
  mechanism
• Fosters partnerships between academia and
  industry
• Cuts costs reduced time in the system

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The Benefits of RPL

• To the employer
• Reduces time away from production
• Improves skills in the workplace
• Validates employees value and experience
• Determines/diagnoses skills levels
• Assists in planning of skills programmes

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THANK YOU!