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Umalusi - Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training

Accreditation

Umalusi accredits private providers of education and training as well as private assessment bodies to offer tuition and/or assessment for qualification(s) on the General and Further Education and Training Qualification Framework.

Assessment

The main functions of this unit are to set standards for assessment of qualifications on the General and Further Education and Training Qualifications Framework.

Certification & Verification

Umalusi verifies certificates issued for all the following qualifications

Qualification

Umalusi develops and manages a range of qualifications for schooling, and for the post-school system as offered in Technical and Vocational Education and Training Colleges and Adult Education and Training Centres.

Research

Umalusi Council has always grounded its work in well considered research based on issues within its mandate and education and training as a whole.

Latest Additions

Journal of Educational Assessment in Africa. Volume 12, 2017

2018-08-28

The Journal of Educational Assessment in Africa is published yearly by the Association for Education Assessment in Africa (AEAA). The main objective of the journal is to provide information to enhance research and knowledge so as to improve educational assessment in Africa. The journal publishes manuscripts that contribute to improvement of educational assessment.

Understanding the use of pre and post tests in the grade 8 and 9 Natural Sciences teachers in Mpumalanga province: By Maria Kekana & Sipho Dlamini

2018-07-02

It has come to the attention of Umalusi that there are websites that sell fake matric certificates to the public. Umalusi has identified the following websites http://fakematricandcertificate.co.za/ and http://www.registermatriccertificates.co.za/ that are involved in this illegal activity. This is illegal and constitutes a criminal offense which is punishable by law. Umalusi condemns this fraudulent activity in the strongest possible terms.

Umalusi publishes report on South African Sign Language as an examinable subject

2018-03-02

Today Umalusi released a report of its research study on the inclusion of South African Sign Language (SASL) in the curriculum as one of the examinable subjects for the National Senior Certificate. The aim of the study was to provide guidance to Umalusi in its role as the quality assurer for SASL-Home Language with specific reference to school-based assessment and national examinations.

Lost/Replacement Certificate Application Procedures

2018-02-23

Umalusi is responsible for the replacement of the Senior Certificate and National Senior Certificate as from September 1992. To apply for a replacement (in lieu of a lost certificate) of your Matric/Gr12 certificate, the following is required:

Government Notice on Private Colleges Policy

2018-01-05

Call for written submissions from stakeholder bodies and members of the public on the Amended Policy for the Quality Assurance of Private Colleges for Continuing Education and Training, offering qualifications registered on the General and Further Education and Training Qualifications Sub-framework, and the Accreditation of Private Assessment Bodies.

Umalusi approves the 2017 national examinations results

2017-12-29

Umalusi, the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training, has once again fulfilled its legislative mandate in relation to the quality assurance of the management and administration of exit point examinations in the following qualifications per assessment.