Government Gazette

Vol. 415, No. 20820, 28 January 2000

GENERAL NOTICE

Notice 66 of 2000

NSB 05 has decided to establish and register an SGB for Educators in Higher Education and Training (HET), in the sub-field Higher Education & Training. Core to each of the qualifications the SGB generates would be the various roles of the educator in the ETD field: learning mediator; designer of learning programmes and materials; counsellor; leader, administrator and manager; scholar, researcher and lifelong learner; and assessor. The proposed SGB would generate qualifications to accredit educators in terms of these roles in HET.

1. Collate the various qualifications that have been developed in the sub-field to identify the core competencies embedded within them [Regulation 24(1)(e)].
2. Design learning pathways for HET practice within the learning pathways for the field [Regulation 24(1)(e)].
3. Generate the following qualifications according to a prioritization in terms of immediate need:

• Certificate in Higher Education and Training Practice (level 5)
• Diploma in Higher Education and Training Practice (level 5)
• Higher Certificate in Higher Education and Training Practice (level 6)
• Higher Diploma in Higher Education and Training Practice (level 6)
• First Degree in Higher Education and Training Practice (level 6)
• Professional Degree in Higher Education and Training Practice (level 7)
• Advanced Certificate in Higher Education and Training Practice (level 7)
• Advanced Diploma in Higher Education and Training Practice (level 7)
• Masters Degree in Higher Education and Training Practice (level 8)
• Doctoral Degree in Higher Education and Training Practice (level 8) [Regulation 24(1)(a)].

4. Recommend the qualifications generated in 3 above to the NSB [Regulation 24(1)(c)].
5. Recommend criteria for the registration of assessors and moderators or moderating bodies [Regulation 24(1)(d)].
6. Liaise with at least the following SGBs in Field 05 in developing the qualifications:

• Educators in Schooling
• Assessor Standards
• Occupationally-directed ETD Practice.

7. Perform such other tasks as may from time to time be assigned by the NSB [Regulation 24(1)(e)].