Question NW1100 to the Minister of Higher Education and Training

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31 May 2017 - NW1100

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Van der Westhuizen, Mr AP to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training

(1) What is the total number of students who attained full qualifications in the November 2016 examinations for each level of qualifications administered by his department; (2) what is the total number of certificates that have been (a) printed and (b) forwarded to (i) public colleges and/or (ii) individual candidates as at 30 April 2017 for each level of qualifications assessed during the November 2016 examinations; (3) what are the challenges experienced in trying to meet his department’s aim to issue all certificates within three months of the examinations?

Reply:

(1) The only full qualifications on offer by the Department are the National Certificate (Vocational) [NC (V)] Level 2, 3 and 4 qualifications. The total number of students who attained full NC (V) qualifications in the November 2016 examinations is 34 003 of which 16 031 completed NC (V) Level 2, 11 361 completed NC (V) Level 3 and 6 611 completed NC (V) Level 4.

(2) The total number of certificates printed and forwarded to public colleges for the November 2016 NC (V) Level 2, 3 and 4 examinations as at 30 April 2017 is 33 439 of which 15 798 were for NC (V) Level 2, 11 206 were for NC (V) Level 3 and 6 435 were for NC (V) Level 4.

(3) The challenges linked to the processing of the outstanding 564 NC (V) certificates (233 for Level 2, 155 for Level 3 and 176 for Level 4) for the November 2016 examinations are due to data problems and data processing inconsistencies detected in earlier examination cycles by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) during the clearing of the NC (V) certificates backlog. These challenges have had a knock-on effect on the processing of the outstanding certificates for the November 2016 cycle. SITA has committed that the challenges affecting the release of the outstanding certificates will be resolved by 30 June 2017.

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Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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