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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

Umalusi approves the 2018 national examinations results

2018-12-28

Umalusi, the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training, has approved the release of the 2018 national examinations results after successfully conducting the quality assurance of the management and administration of exit point examinations in the following qualifications per assessment body:

Umalusi gives the thumbs-up to the 2018 matric examinations

2018-10-12

After a rigorous process of quality assuring the readiness of assessment bodies to administer the oncoming end-of-year examinations, Umalusi is generally satisfied that the system is ready to administer the 2018 national examinations. As a Council for the Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training, Umalusi quality assures all exit point examinations in general and further education (NQF levels 1-4).

Umalusi conveys a message of condolences to the family of MEC Mandla Makupula

2018-10-08

Umalusi, the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training, joins the education fraternity in conveying its deepest condolences to the family of the late Mr Mandla Makupula, a Member of the Executive Council for Education (MEC) in the Eastern Cape, who passed away earlier today after a long illness.

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.