Umalusi’s presentation to the Education Portfolio Committee on the 2007/8 Annual Report 21 October...

Umalusi’s presentation to the Education Portfolio Committee on the

2007/8 Annual Report

21 October 2008

Dr PP Lolwana

Introduction Vision, mission and goals 7 KRAs Financial Performance Departmental Grant Conclusion

Overview

While in transition at this time, the 2007 report is set against the

Umalusi mandate as established in the GENFETQA Act No 58 of

2001

The objects of the Act that inform the vision and mission:

To establish a quality assurance body to ensure that continuous enhancement of quality is achieved in the delivery and outcomes of the general and further education and training sectors of the national education and training system;

To develop a quality assurance framework for the general and further education bands of the NQF; and

Regulate the relationships between the National DOE, SAQA and other ETQA bodies, providers and the Council

Introduction

• Umalusi Council and staff are committed to a vision of continuous improvement of quality and standards in general and further education and training, and a mission that obligates them, as experts and leaders in the sector, to promote quality and secure standards by:

confirming that assessment is fair, valid and reliable;

quality assuring the provision of education, training and assessment providers;

monitoring the adequacy and suitability of curriculum and qualifications;

in order to

issue learners with certificates that are credible.

Vision & Mission

Promote quality and appropriate standards Assure quality and standards through quality assurance of assessment,

monitoring of qualifications and curriculum and the quality assurance of provision;

Continuously develop in-depth knowledge and expertise within its mandate; Issue appropriate and credible certificates of learner achievement in terms of

specific qualifications and subjects; Provide reliable and credible leadership and guidance in the management

of quality and in the assurance of standards; Ensure financial efficiency and sustainability of the organisation; and Determine expectations and appropriately respond to these within the

parameters of Umalusi’s mandate.

Goals

Programme A: Improving and maintaining the system for quality assuring assessment for certification

Programme B: Establishing and implementing a system for evaluation and accreditation of providers

Programme C: Establishing and maintaining a system to certify and quality assure qualifications and curriculum

Programme D: Developing and implementing a system for research and development

Programme E: Developing and maintaining management support structures and governance

Programme F: Ensuring that Information technology systems are established, maintained and improved

Programme G: Ensuring that finance, human resources and administrative support systems are maintained and improved

7 Key Result Areas

Prg A: Quality Assurance of AssessmentsApril 2007 – March 2008 COMMENTS

Ext Moderation of Question Papers:

•SC: 1976 papers (including back up papers)

•ABET : 92 papers in 23 learning areas

•N2 - N3: 39 papers (phasing out)

•NCV level 2 : 84 papers (incl. back up papers) in 54 subjects

•NCV level 2 Integrated Summative Assessment task (ISAT): 12

Completed as per plan

A report was submitted to the Minister of Education on all 2007 exams

Moderation of marking:

•SC: 11 National subjects + 11 across PDEs + OAE + IEB (sampling)

•ABET: 6 learning areas across 10 assessment bodies (PDE’s and IEB)

•N2 - N3: 15 subjects

•NCV level 2 : 31 subjects + 14 ISATs (out of 54 subjects)

Completed per plan


Prg A: Quality Assurance of Assessments

April 2007 – March 2008 COMMENTSCASS:

• SC: 12 Gateway subjects across 11 assessment bodies

• ABET: 3 Fundamental learning areas across 10 assessment bodies

• NCV: 24 Subjects of 54

All CASS moderated as per plan

A report was submitted to the Minister of education on all 2007 exams

Monitoring conduct of exams:

• SC: 158 sites out of 8,345 (third layer verification)

• ABET: 63 sites out of

• N2 - N3 & NCV: 67 sites out of 150

All monitoring conducted as per plan

A report was submitted to the Minister of education on all 2007 exams

Prg A: Quality Assurance of Assessments

April 2007 – March 2008 COMMENTS

CTA moderation for schools:

• DoE: 18 learning areas

• IEB: 10 learning areas


Standardisation:

• SC: 11 National HG & SG + 498 HG & SG

assessment body subjects

• N2 - N3: 438 subjects (4 exams)

• NCV: 54 subjects

• ABET: 23 learning areas (2 exams)



Prg B: Evaluation and Accreditation Private Providers

Provisional Accreditation and Monitoring

March 2007 – April 2008 COMMENTS

Independent Schools

• Total prov accredited (March 2008): 584

out of about 1,500 – 2,000

• Monitored (May 2007): 581

• Site visited to verify monitoring (April 2007 – March 2008):101

Completed per plan

Report published



March 2007 – April 2008 COMMENTS

FET Colleges

• Total prov accredited (March 2008): 139 – with 257 campuses

• Monitored (May 2007): 171 (campuses)

• Site visited to verify monitoring (April 2007 – March 2008): 32 colleges

Completed per plan

Report published

• Registration process with DoE:

114 (253 sites) Umalusi colleges referred

524 SETA Providers processed and referred

Completed per plan




ABET Providers

•Total prov accredited (March 2008): 166

• Monitored (May 2007): 56

• Site visited to verify monitoring (April 2007 – March 2008): 50

Completed per plan

Report published

• Accreditation Policy documents Re-submitted to Minister of Education for approval

Prg B: Evaluation and Accreditation of Assessment Bodies

April 2007– March 2008 COMMENTS

• 3 new applicants supported through development programme:

• 2 ABET

• 1 Vocational

As planned and ongoing

• OAE / BCVO site visited and granted provisional accreditation until Dec 2010

Council approved August 2006

• 9 PDEs and IEB monitored against improvement plans

Monitoring report to Council Nov 2006

• Accreditation Policy re-submitted to office of the Minister

Per plan

Prg C: Qualifications, Curriculum & Certification


• Framework of Qualifications in GFET developed, consulted and submitted for regulation

• Criteria & guidelines for development and evaluation of curricula developed


• Guidelines, criteria and instruments for evaluation of curriculum piloted - BCVO History and Biology curricula

Final report submitted to Council

• Certificates issued, excluding subject certificates:

SC: 651 586 GETC (Abet): 2 227

N3: 54 666 NSC (Voc): 1 751

• Commenced development of NSC directives

Issued in line with directives and guidelines

• More than 149 000 certificates verified. Completed as planned

Prg D: Research and Development

April 2007 – March 2008 Comment

• The ‘F’ word report: the quality of the ‘fundamental’ component in general & further education & training

Report published April 2007

• CASS- exam mark correlation research Draft report July 2007

• Making educational judgements: reflections on judging standards in curricula

Report published October 2007

• Item Response Theory report Received from AARP, February 2008

• Hosted ACEAB Conference March 2008

Prg E: Management Support Structures


• Co-ordinated organisational planning, implementation and review of plans and budgets

New M&E policy developed and implemented

All reports published / submitted as required

• Supported CEO, Council and its committees New Council briefed, committees established and services rendered

• Implemented public relations programme Developed and implemented communication strategy

Prg F: Information Technology Systems


Hardware procurements• 1 Tally printer; 5 computers;1 Server; 200 computer components; 65 LCD Screens; 15 notebooks

• 2 Storage Array Network (SAN) devices

• 1 High speed backup device

Equipment installed with SLAs implemented and network support meeting expectations.High availability solution implemented for crucial servers.

Software - 6 different application •Software licensing up to date

Internet - bandwidth 512 KB Guaranteed internet bandwidth implemented.

Programming• MIS development

• Certification system

• Targets met per plan•Certification system; NCV Level 2 system implemented and programming on track for NSC.

Prg G: Finance, HR & Admin support


Finance and buildings

• Unqualified audit (history of organisation)

• Acquired building for R 12,4 m

Upgrading of building to suite organizational requirements has commenced

Human resources

• Bursaries to staff – R 25 800.52

• In house training – R 37 695.00

• Short courses – R 4 333.14

• All 68 staff benefited

Development of staff a priority with greater budget demands for 2007/8 and beyond

Financial Performance 2007/8

Revenue

Certification, verification and accreditation

Amount

21,682,489

Department of Education Grant 12,652,000

Interest and other income 1,679,068

Total Income 36,013,566

Expenditure 30,887,357

Surplus R 5,126,209

Total Income 2000/1 ( actual) to 2011/12 ( budget)

YEAR INCOME BUDGET DoE GRANT GRANT %

2000/01 R 6,150,786 0 0

2001/02 R 7,027,948 0 0

2002/03 R 13,757,861 R 1,513,000 11

2003/04 R 18,076,902 R 3,050,000 17

2004/05 R 23,547,626 R 12,869,000 55

2005/06 R 28,603,979 R 7,690,000 27

2006/07 R 32,972,345 R 10,286,000 31

2007/08 R 36,013,566 R 12,652,000 35

2008/09 R 43,940,960 R 16,044,000 37

2009/10 R 59,893,713 R 31,890,463 53

2010/11 R 68,361,517 R 37,403,280 55

2011/12 R 79,013,549 R 43,437,001 55

The NQF review finalization is welcomed - consultative processes commenced with DoE, SAQA, DOL(QCTO),CHE and related stakeholders – awaiting promulgation of NQF Bill to begin formal transition to Quality Council.

While QA foundations for school, college and adult education are in place i.r.o QA assessment, curriculum and certification, and provision – time for review and new approaches as we move into the “new NQF architecture”

The way forward - possibilities

Settings standards that will translate into credible certificates in GFET

Establishing and managing a sub-framework of qualifications – a continuum of qualifications and units of learning that articulate with other 2 sub-frameworks (HE and QCTO)

Creating vibrant post secondary education – NQF 5

New look at std setting and QA in assessment - Pre-standardised assessments – item banking and exams on demand…..in certain sectors

Revision of adult education – merging with VET

QA of provision – inspection for schools ; accreditation for colleges

The way forward - possibilities

Thank you to the Chair and the portfolio committee for their support since Umalusi’s inception in 2001

Conclusion

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