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Career development within the context of the South African National Qualifications Framework
Samuel IsaacsChief Executive Officer
Realities in South Africa• 17 years into democracy (population 52m)• Middle-income country (USD 3,600 per capita income)• Large proportion of young people (51% below 25 and largely black)• Life expectancy about 50 years• 45% live below national poverty line (ZAR 354 per month)• Unemployment rate between 25% and 40%• Over 13.5m enrolment in the education and training system, 87% enrolment rate (7-18 years)
1. Create an integrated national framework for learning achievements2. Facilitate access to and mobility and progression within education, training and career paths3. Enhance the quality of education and training4. Accelerate the redress of past unfair discrimination in education, training and employment opportunities5. Contribute to the full personal development of each learner and the social and economic development of the nation at large
Objectives of the South African NQF
The NQF and career guidance
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The principles underpinning the NQF have important implications for the career development of individuals, particularly the principles of recognition of prior learning and portability. Guidance Counsellors need to have a good understanding of these principles, and be able to advise learners on the opportunities that these provide World Bank Report by Kay and Fretwell 2003
Career Advice Services• Flagship project of the Ministry of Higher Education and Training • DHET and SAQA Partnership Initiative• National project
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What is this project?• Establishment of a national, comprehensive, independent Career Advice Service • To achieve a credible institutional planning mechanism for skills planning • With a specific focus on coordination and establishment of career guidance services for the country 6
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• Festivals and exhibitions• Conferences, summits and workshops• Radio campaign• Print media campaign• Guides, packs and booklets• Walk-in centres• Telephone Helpline• Telephone, Internet and computer technologies• Knowledge base• Database of cases• Website• Mobisite• Social networking 8
Multiple channels
Estimated beneficiaries
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Channel 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
By telephone 12,000 18,000 24,000
By Internet 72,000 120,000 150,000
By radio 2,300,000 2,700,000 3,200,000
By exhibition 15,000 20,000 25,000
Est. Total 2,399,000 2,858,000 3,399,000
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Under consideration• Roadshows: bus, train, truck, local venue• Provincial summits, indabas, festivals, • TV campaign• FET SLOs (training and national database)• School guidance teachers (training and national database)• SETA guidance staff (training and national database)• Peer Career Advisors in High Schools• National career advice system
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1 monthStarting February 20121 week 16-23 March 2011
1 week August 20114 monthsApril – July 2012
Block 1
• e-learning platform
• e-event• webinar• agree on
assessment criteria
Block 2
• lectures/plenaries
• 5 themes• group and
individual work
Block 3
• webinar• literature
review• study groups
Block 4
• leadership and strategy
• present assignment 3
• organisational change
• self evaluation
Lifelong Learning and National Qualifications Frameworks: Leaders for LearningA University of Western Cape (UWC) Continuing Education course, in partnership with the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)
For more information contact: [email protected]
Career development within the context of the South African National Qualifications Framework
Samuel Isaacs