The NLRD Qualifications Verification

Service

Presenter: Cleo RadebeDeputy Director

National Learners’ records Database (NLRD)South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)

What is the NLRD?

An integrated information system to

facilitate the management of the

National Qualifications Framework (NQF)

- the first such system in the world

The two main functions of the NLRD

• To provide policy makers with comprehensive information to enable informed decision-making

• To provide learners and employers with proof of qualifications obtained

The two main streams of the NLRD

• Qualifications and unit standards, and all of the resources that support them (such as NQF levels, Organising Fields, SGBs)

• Learners and their achievements, and all of the resources that support them (such as ETQAs, Providers, Assessors)

NLRD Stream 2:

Learners and their Achievements

Data Flow to the NLRD(Learner Achievements)

Providers

ETQA ETQA ETQA

SAQA - NLRD

Currently available data

• University achievements:1986 to 2004 (plus some earlier records)

• Technikon achievements:1999 to 2004• Senior Certificate:1992 to 2007• SETA and ETQA achievements up to

2008

NB: South African qualifications only

(Foreign qualifications: CEEQ Directorate)

Verifications done for:

• Individuals

• Clients◦ Individual◦ Bulk

Individual Verifications

Information required:• Full names (including previous surname/s)• National ID number• Date of Birth

Results:

A learner transcript (see next slide)

NB: Verifications for individuals are done free of charge

Client Verifications: Individuals

Signed agreement

Information required:

• Full names (including previous surname/s)• National ID number• Qualification• Institution• Year (completion)

Client Verifications: Individuals

Verification results:

We add a Found column with either a ‘Yes’ or a ‘No’, and

Comments where applicable

Client verifications: Bulk

Signed bulk agreement

Information required:

• Candidate information as per the ‘Requirements for Bulk Verifications on the NLRD.xls’ spreadsheet

Client verifications: Bulk (continued)

‘Requirements…’ has 5 worksheets:

• Table required• Sample • Code list - Qual Type• Code list - Learning Field• Code list - Provider

Client verifications: Bulk (continued)

Table required fields

• National ID• Last Name• First Name• Middle Name• Previous Last Name

• Qualification Type ID

• Learning Field ID• Provider ID• Year Obtained • Qualification Title

Client verifications: Bulk (continued)

Verification results:

An Excel spreadsheet with 2 worksheets:

• Qualifications Found

• Qualifications Not found

Client Fee Structure

• Individual: R40 (=<124 people)

• Bulk: R5000 (=> 125 people)

• Bulk option for (=<124 people): Minimum R5000.

Contact Person Details

Name: Cleo Radebe

Phone: 012 431 5155

E-mail: verifications@saqa.org.za

Analysis based on the

National Learners’ Records Database

An NLRD Publication:

Trends in Public Higher Education in South Africa

1995 to 2004

In the Report:

• 54 work-related fields of study, grouped into 5 broad fields

• Trends per field of study, qualification type and level, population group, and gender. Analysis of SA ‘pool’ in the same categories.

• Of benefit to: Labour Market and Educational analysis and decision-making; Employment Equity Planning; Academic Planning

Sample page: Trends by Broad Field of Study

Largest average annual growth: Business and Management SciencesLowest average annual growth: Social Sciences and HumanitiesSecond lowest: Engineering Sciences and Technology

How to order:

• www.saqa.org.za - read more about the report, and print out the order form, or

• Phone 012 431 5050 / 012 431 5156, or

• Fax 012 431 5051

• CD costs R1300; Book costs R3200 (CD contains more information than book)

Questionsand

Discussion