Government Gazette

Vol. 416, No. 20877, 18 February 2000

GENERAL NOTICE

Notice 163 of 2000

SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

NSB 03 hereby registers an SGB for Economics for a period of three years, until 18 February 2003.

BRIEF OF THE SGB

1. Develop learning pathways for potential qualifications and unit standards in the sub-field Finance, Economics and Accounting from level 2 to level 5 [Regulation 24 (1)(e)].
2. Generate unit standards for learners in Economics in the sub-field Finance, Economics and Accounting, in accordance with Authority requirements, at NQF levels 2 to 5 in the areas of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Development Economics, International Economics, Public Finance, Labour Economics, Monetary Economics, and Quantitative Economics, and combine them into the following qualifications:·

• Certificate in Basic Economic Literacy (NQF level 2)
• Certificate in Economic Literacy (NQF level 3)
• Certificate in Advanced Economic Literacy (NQF level 4)
• Certificate in Economics (NQF level 5)
• Diploma in Economics (NQF level 5) [Regulation 24(1)(a)].

3. Liase with other relevant Sibs in the sub-field in the generation of qualifications and standards common in the sub-field [Regulation 24(1)(a) & (e)].
4. Recommend the qualifications and standards generated under 2 and 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)].

COMPOSITION OF THE SOB