QCTO

How does the QCTO address low / diminishing credibility of SA’s qualifications?

Industry complains that individuals often do not have the competence that they should have at the point of being awarded a qualification.

In addition, some South African artisan qualifications are no longer recognised internationally, and some of the qualifications have titles that are so divorced from the occupational designation that they are not even understood in other countries.

This calls into question current assessment and quality assurance practices. This issue poses an enormous challenge for the system as it not only devalues the education and training that individuals receive, but in some cases the certification of individuals that lack the requisite competence has implications not only for the productivity of the workforce, but more importantly for health and safety.

There is an urgent need to address both the problems of quality as well as the perception that there is a varied quality across the system.

The QCTO is addressing the credibility gap both through design and quality assurance.