| 15.1 |
Community Education and Training Colleges shall be flexible in their programme offerings and include programmes driven by the community developmental priorities, as well as the priorities of the State. |
| 15.2 |
Accordingly, a Community Education and Training College shall offer programmes that are driven and funded by the State, as well as programmes that respond to the immediate needs of the community and funded from other funding sources as identified in section 24 of the Act. |
| 15.3 |
A holistic approach to education and training shall be adopted in order to offer learning options in which both soft and hard skills are developed within an integrated development framework that seeks to improve livelihoods, promote inclusion into the world of work and that supports community and individual needs. |
| 15.4 |
Formal qualifications that shall initially be offered under the auspices of the Department of Higher Education and Training shall include: |
| (a) |
General Education and Training Certificate for Adults; |
| (c) |
National Senior Certificate for Adults; and |
| 15.5 |
Programme offerings offered in collaboration with local authorities, SETAs, community organisations and other Government Departments, as well as industry may include but are not limited to: |
| (a) |
Early Childhood Development; |
| (b) |
Community Development Works Programmes; |
| (d) |
Cooperative and Entrepreneurship Education and Training; |
| (e) |
Plumbing, Construction, Carpentry, Electricity, Welding and Auto Body Repair; |
| (h) |
Parenting and Childcare; |
| (i) |
Civic Education, Community Mobilisatión and Organisation; |
| (j) |
Expanded Public Works Programme; |
| (k) |
Community Health Workers Programme, including HIV /AIDS Education; |
| (l) |
Information and Communication Technology; and |
| 15.6 |
Non-formal programmes shall take place on a 'needs' basis, and shall be aligned strongly to local contexts, and to employment and community development opportunities. Non-formal offerings that do not lead to qualifications or part-qualifications, however, may also be made available to learners participating in adult education programmes in varied institutional, workplace and community-based settings. |
| 15.7 |
The Guidelines for Good Practice for Learning that Does Not Lead to a Qualification or Part-Qualification (LNQ) that were published by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) in Government Gazette No. 38672 on 1 April 2015, defines Non-formal learning as planned learning activities not explicitly designated as learning towards the achievement of a qualification or part- qualification; often associated with learning that results in improved workplace practice. |
Community Education and Training Colleges may offer non-formal programmes which may include, but are not limited to:
| (a) |
School Governing Body Training; |
| (b) |
Civic and Citizenship Education; |
| (c) |
Small Medium and Micro Enterprise Training; |
| (d) |
Co-operatives Training; |
| (e) |
Learner Driver's Licence; |
Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997
