In these regulations any word or expression to which a meaning is assigned in the Adult Education and Training Act, 2000 (Act No. 52 of 2000) has the same meaning unless the context indicates otherwise:

"AET Act"

means the Adult Education and Training Act, 2000 (Act No. 52 of 2000);

"Assessment body"

means a Department of Higher Education and Training or any other body accredited by the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Council, as a body responsible for conducting external assessment;

"Assessment portfolio"

means the collection of the learner's work that is used as evidence contributing to the internal assessment mark;

"Certification"

means obtaining the General Education and Training Certificate for Adults when the minimum promotion requirements have been met;

"Continuous Assessment"

means a component of assessment which is ongoing that is used to determine a learner's achievement during the course of a particular level; it integrates assessment into teaching and development of learners through ongoing feedback;

"DHET"

means the Department of Higher Education and Training;

"Examination"

means a component of the assessment process that refers to the culmination of the summative assessment process when learners are subjected to a final sitting at the end of the learning process;

"External Assessment"

means any assessment designed, set and marked by the external assessment body which is separate to the organisation or institution which provides learning;

"Formative Assessment"

means a component of assessment that is used to support the learner developmentally and to feed back into teaching and learning;

"GENFETQA Act"

means the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act, 2001 (Act No. 58 of 2001);

"General Education and Training Certificate"

(GETC) means a certificate to be awarded on to learners on completion of AET level 4;

"Internal Assessment"

means any assessment conducted by the adult learning centre, the outcomes of which count towards the achievement of the qualification;

"Learning"

means the acquisition of knowledge, understanding, values, skill, competence or experience;

"Moderation"

means the process which ensures that assessment of the outcomes described in the National Qualifications Framework standards or qualifications is fair, valid and reliable;

"National Qualifications Framework"

means a comprehensive system approved by the Minister for the classification, registration, publication and articulation of quality assured national qualifications;

"NQF Act"

means the National Qualifications Framework Act, 2008 (Act No. 67 of 2008);

"NQF level 1"

refers to AET levels 1-4 as sub-levels determined by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA);

"Part qualification"

means an assessed unit of learning that is registered as part of a qualification;

"PED"

means the Provincial Education Department;

"Progression"

means advancement of a learner from one level to another;

"Promotion"

means the movement of a learner from one level to another when the learner has met the minimum required level of achievement;

"Qualification"

means the formal recognition of the achievement of the required number and range of credits and such other requirements at specific levels of the National Qualifications Framework as may be determined by the relevant bodies registered for such purpose by the South African Qualifications Authority;

"QCTO"

means the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations as contemplated in the NQF Act;

"SAQA"

means the South African Qualifications Authority as contemplated in the NQF Act;

"SBA"

means a series of various tasks as determined by the assessment body intended for obtaining a leaner's demonstrated achievement that contributes to the final mark and the achievement of the GETC qualification;

"Summative assessment"

is a component of assessment that is used at the end of a particular learning period to determine a learner's achievement; and

"Umalusi"

means the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training established in terms of the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act, 2001 (Act No. 58 of 2001).