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1 500503 A38487 1 AIDS HELPLINE: 0800-0123-22 Prevention is the cureGovernment GazetteStaatskoerantREPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICAREPUBLIEK VAN SUID-AFRIKAVol. 596 Pretoria, 19 FebruaryFebruarie2015No. The Government Printing Works willnot be held responsible for the quality of Hard Copies or Electronic Files submitted for publication purposesThis Gazette is also available free online at 38487 Government Gazette , 19 FEBRUARY 2015 CONTENTSGOVERNMENT NOTICEH igher Education and Training, Department ofGovernment Notice111 National Qualifications Framework Act (67/2008): Revised policy on the minimum requirements for TeacherEducation Qualifications .. NOTICEThe Government Printing Works will not be held responsible for faxed documents not received dueto errors on the fax machine or faxes received which are unclear or incomplete.

2 Please be advisedthat an OK slip, received from a fax machine, will not be accepted as proof that documents werereceived by the GPW for printing. If documents are faxed to the GPW it will be the sender s respon-sibility to phone and confirm that the documents were received in good the Government Printing Works will also not be held responsible for cancellations andamendments which have not been done on original documents received from OF Higher EDUCATION AND TRAININGNATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK ACT, 2008 (ACT NO. 67 OF 2008)REVISED POLICY ON THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHEREDUCATION QUALIFICATIONSI, Bonginkosi Emmanuel Nzimande, MP, Minister of Higher Education and Training,hereby determine national policy on the Minimum Requirements for TeacherEducation Qualifications, in terms of Section 8(2)(c) of the National QualificationsFramework Act, 2008 (Act No.)

3 67 of 2008)and publish the policy as set out in theSchedule revised policy aligns qualifications for teacher education with The HigherEducation Qualifications Sub-Framework, 2013, published by Notice No. 549, inGovernment Gazette No. 36721 of 2 August policy on the Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications, aspublished in Notice No. 583, Government Gazette No. 34467 of 15 July 2011, ishereby repealed in its Nzimande, MPMinister of Higher Education and TrainingDate:2(This Gazette is also available free online at , 19 FEBRUARIE 2015No. 384873 GOVERNMENTNOTICEDEPARTMENT OF Higher EDUCATION AND TRAININGNo. 11119 February 2015 Table of ContentsAcronyms and Purpose and Scope of this Policy background to the Policy on Minimum Requirements for Teacher8 Education Underpinning the Design of Programmes Leading to Teacher9 Education of Prior Accumulation and Standing137.

4 work Integrated Proficiency of Qualification Types for Teacher Education1310. Minimum Credit Values for Learning Programmes Leading to Teacher15 Education Qualifications11. Examples of Qualification Paths in Teacher Education1612. Qualifications and Programmes for Initial Teacher Education18 Bachelor of Education Degree20 Postgraduate Certificate in Education2613. Qualifications and Programmes for Continuing Professional Development33 Advanced Certificate35 Advanced Diploma40 Postgraduate Diploma42 Bachelor of Education Honours Degree43 Master of Education Degree45 Professional Master's Degree in Education46 Doctoral Degree in Education4748 Professional Doctoral Degree in Education14. Qualifications and Programmes for Grade R Teachers49 Diploma in Grade R Teaching5015. Articulation of Historic Educator Qualifications with the HEQSF-aligned53 Teacher Education Qualifications described in this Policy16.

5 Time-Frame for Implementation5517. Approval of Teacher Education Programmes5518. References57 Appendix A: Collective Roles of Teachers in Schools58 Appendix B: Exit Level Competences of HEQSF Qualifications as per NQF60 LevelAppendix C: Basic Competences of a Beginner Teacher62 Appendix D:Teaching SpecialisationsforInitialTeacher Education63 QualificationsAppendix E: Fields for which 360 Credit Level 6 Diplomas may be submitted65for Evaluation for Admission to a Postgraduate Certificate in EducationAppendix F: Admission of Students to a Postgraduate Certificate in Education66 Policy on the Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications, as revised 20142 This Gazette is also available free online at 38487 Government Gazette , 19 FEBRUARY 2015 Acronyms and AbbreviationsACEA dvanced Certificate in EducationBEdBachelor of Education DegreeCATC redit Accumulation and TransferCESMC lassification of Education Subject MatterCETCC ommunity Education and Training CollegesCHEC ouncil on Higher EducationCPDC ontinuing Professional DevelopmentDBED epartment of Basic EducationDHETD epartment of Higher Education and TrainingECDE arly Childhood DevelopmentEMSE conomics and Management SciencesETDP SETAE ducation Training and Development Practices Sector Educationand Training AuthorityFETF urther Education and TrainingFPFoundation PhaseHDE PGHigher Diploma in Education (Postgraduate)

6 HEQCH igher Education Quality CommitteeHEQSFH igher Education Qualifications Sub- FrameworkHEQFH igher Education Qualifications FrameworkICTI nformation and Communication TechnologyISPFTEDI ntegrated Strategic Planning Framework for Teacher Educationand Development in South AfricaIPIntermediate PhaseITInformation TechnologyITEI nitial Teacher EducationLoLTLanguage of Learning and TeachingNPDE National Professional Diploma in EducationNPFTEDN ationalPolicy FrameworkforTeacherEducationandDevelopme ntNQFN ational Qualifications FrameworkNSCN ational Senior CertificateNSEN orms and Standards for Educators, 2000 PanSALBPan South African Language BoardPGCEP ostgraduate Certificate in EducationPGDipPostgraduate DiplomaPQMP rogramme and Qualifications MixRPLR ecognition of Prior LearningREQVR elative Education Qualification ValueSACES outh African Council for EducatorsSAQAS outh African Qualifications AuthoritySPSenior PhaseTVETT echnical and Vocational Education and TrainingUEDU niversity Education DiplomaWILWork-integrated LearningPolicy on the Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications, as revised 20143 This Gazette is also available free online at , 19 FEBRUARIE 2015No.

7 384875 Glossary"Advanced Standing" means the status granted to a learner for admission to studies at ahigher level than the learner's prior formal studies would have allowed , including exemptionwhere applicable."Credit accumulation" means the totalling of credits required to complete a qualification or apart qualification."Credit transfer" means the vertical, horizontal or diagonal relocation of credits towards aqualification or part qualification on the same or different level, usually between differentprogrammes, departments or institutions."Credit accumulation and transfer (CAT) system" means an arrangement whereby thediverse features of both credit accumulation and credit transfer are combined to facilitatelifelong learning and access to the workplace."Formal Learning" means learning that occurs in an organized and structured education andtraining environment and that is explicitly designated as such.

8 Formal learning leads to theawarding of a qualification or part qualification registered on the NQF."Informal learning" means learning that results from daily activities related to paid or unpaidwork, family or community life, or leisure, including incidental learning."Learning programme' means a purposeful and structured set of learning experiences thatleads to a qualification."Non-formal learning" means planned educational interventions that are not intended to leadto awarding of qualifications or part qualifications."Part qualification" means an assessed unit of learning that is registered as part of aqualification."Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)" means the principles and processes through whichthe prior knowledge and skills of a person are made visible, mediated and assessed for thepurposes of alternative access and admission, recognition and certification, or further learningand development.

9 [Extracted from South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA; National Policy for theImplementation of the Recognition of Prior Learning, March 2013]Policy on the Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications, as revised 20144 This Gazette is also available free online at 38487 Government Gazette , 19 FEBRUARY Purpose and Scope of this Policy This policy is a revised version of the policy on The Minimum Requirements forTeacher Education Qualifications, Department of Higher Education and Training, Government Gazette No 34467, 15 July The Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications, 2011, wasbased on the Higher Education Qualifications Framework (HEQF) published in 2007(DoE 2007a). Subsequently the HEQF was revised and approved by the Minister of HigherEducation and Training and published as the Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework (HEQSF) in the Government Gazette No 36721, 02 August As a consequence, The Minimum Requirements for Teacher EducationQualifications, 2011, had to be revised and re-aligned with the HEQSF, The changes in the revised HEQSF have minimal impact on The MinimumRequirements for Teacher Education Qualifications, 2011, and are mostly technicalin nature.)

10 The following changes in the HEQSF have been taken into account as partoftherevisionof The Minimum Requirements forTeacher EducationQualifications, 2011:Some of the restrictions on the minimum and maximum number of credits at NQFL evels in the qualification descriptors have been progression requirements to some of the qualifications at postgraduatelevel have been provided option of offering professional Master's and Doctoral degrees is HEQSF also provides for a Postgraduate Certificatein Education, analternative title for the current Advanced Diploma in Teaching which caps a firstdegree or national In addition, further guidance is provided on the naming of qualifications,particularly on the use of second The qualification types, knowledge mixes and minimum specialist requirementsfor each qualification type remain unchanged from what is contained in TheMinimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications.