South African qualifications authority - wikipedia South African qualifications authority This article relies too much on references to primary sources. Please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources. ( October 2007 ) South African Qualifications Authority SAQA Type Statutory body Headquarters Pretoria, South Africa Membership BTC Southern Africa Website www.saqa.org.za The South African Qualifications Authority ( SAQA ) is a statutory body, regulated in terms of the National Qualifications Framework Act No. 67 of 2008. It is made up of 29 members appointed by the Minister of Education in consultation with the Minister of Labour. SAQA is mandated by legislation to oversee the development and implementation of the National Qualifications Framework ( NQF ). Contents 1 The National Qualifications Framework 2 History 3 Functions 4 Activities 5 References 6 External links The national qualifications framework The NQF is a framework, i.e. it sets the boundaries, principle and guidelines, which provide a vision, a philosophical base and an organisational structure, for the construction of a qualifications system. Detailed development and implementation is carried out within these boundaries. All education and training in South Africa fits within this framework. It is national because it is a national resource, representing a national effort at integrating education and training into unified structure of recognised qualifications. It is framework of qualifications i.e. records of learner achievements. The NQF is a set of principles and guidelines by which records of learner achievement are registered to enable national recognition of acquired skills and knowledge, thereby ensuring an integrated system that encourages lifelong learning. The NQF consist of 10 levels divided into three band ; Levels 1 to 4 equate to high school grades 9 to 12 or vocational training, 5 to 7 are college diplomas and technical qualifications, 7 to 10 are university degrees. Levels Designation Grade 9 Grade 10 and National ( vocational ) Certificates level 2 Grade 11 and National ( vocational ) Certificates level 3 Grade 12 ( National Senior Certificate ) and National ( vocational ) Cert. level 4 5 Higher Certificates and Advanced National ( vocational ) Cert. 6 National Diploma and Advanced certificates 7 Bachelor 's degree, Advanced Diplomas, Post Graduate Certificate and B - tech 8 Honours degree, Post Graduate diploma and Professional Qualifications 9 Master 's degree 10 Doctor 's degree A graph mapping out the National Qualification Frameworks ( NQF ) and how they relate to different educational options within the South African educational system in 2017. History In October 1995, the South African Qualifications Authority Act ( No. 58 of 1995 ) was promulgated to establish the authority, whose main task was to establish the National Qualifications Framework ( NQF ). The authority started operations in May 1996. By 2001 the NQF was under review, and after that the 1995 SAQA law was replaced by the National Qualifications Framework Act ( No. 67 of 2008 ). The authority remained in place and so did the updated NQF. Functions The functions of SAQA are essentially twofold : to oversee the development of the NQF by formulating and publishing policies and criteria for registration of bodies responsible for establishing education and training standards or qualifications and for accreditation of bodies responsible for monitoring and auditing achievements in terms of such standards and qualifications to oversee the implementation of the NQF by ensuring the registration, accreditation and assignment of functions to bodies referred to above, as well as the registration of national standards and qualifications on the framework. It must also take steps to ensure that provisions for accreditations are complied with and where appropriate, that registered standards and qualifications are internationally comparable. Activities In order to realise this objective, SAQA has established and maintains the following : a system for setting nationally recognised and internationally comparable education and training standards and qualifications from NQF Level 1 ( Grade 9 or Adult Basic Education and Training Level 4 - the exit point from General Education and Training ) to NQF Level 8 ( post-graduate qualifications ) a national quality assurance system to ensure that education and training is delivered to the set standards an electronic management information system which records all relevant information on the achievements of South African learners ( the National Learners ' Records Database ). SAQA also has the task of evaluating foreign educational qualifications to determine their South African equivalence. People with foreign qualifications who wish to attend South African education institutions or who wish to enter the South African labour market apply to SAQA to have their qualifications evaluated. SAQA 's contribution ensures that South Africans have access to quality education and skills development to improve their lives. References Jump up ^ SAQA Retrieved 20 December 2011 Archived 22 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ NQF History Retrieved 20 December 2011 Archived 15 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ NQF History Retrieved 20 December 2011 Archived 15 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ What is the OQF Retrieved 20 December 2011 External links Homepage : South African Qualifications Authority, saqa.org.za Homepage : National Qualifications Framework, nqf.org.za hide South African universities University alliances CHEC FOTIM HESA SERA Public Traditional universities Cape Town Fort Hare Free State KwaZulu - Natal Limpopo North - West Pretoria Rhodes SMU Stellenbosch Western Cape Witwatersrand Comprehensive universities Johannesburg Nelson Mandela Unisa Venda Walter Sisulu Zululand Universities of technology Cape Peninsula Central Durban Mangosuthu Mpumalanga Sol Plaatje Tshwane Vaal Private Design and Art Schools AFDA Inscape Design College The Open Window School of Visual Communication Theological seminaries College of the Transfiguration Auckland Park Theological Seminary Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa Doxa Deo School of Divinity George Whitefield College South African Theological Seminary Universities and colleges Akademia CIDA City Campus CTI Education Group Damelin IMM Graduate School of Marketing Institute for Heritage Science and Conservation Midrand Graduate Institute Monash Regenesys Business School St Augustine College of South Africa Stenden South Africa TSiBA Education Related DHEAT SAQA Chancellors and vice-chancellors Endowment Rankings South African Technology Network TENET List Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_African_Qualifications_Authority&oldid=842856557 '' Categories : 1995 establishments in South Africa Education in South Africa Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Articles lacking reliable references from October 2007 All articles lacking reliable references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 25 May 2018, at 03 : 59. 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Question: what is meant by nqf level 5 qualification
Answer: Higher Certificates and Advanced National (vocational) Cert.