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Year	The 2020s
2020	Humanising and Decolonising Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) in South Africa Authors: Lalendle, L.L., Msila, V., and Matlabe, S. Date: 2020 Reference: Lalendle, L.L., Msila, V., and Matlabe, S. 2020. Humanising and Decolonising Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) in South Africa. In: Msila, V. (Ed.). Developing Teaching & Learning in Africa: Decolonising Perpespectives. Stellenbosch: African Sun Media Description: Largely literature based examimnatiion of how the basic education sector can be decolonised, indigenised and diversified to meet the needs of the learners'communities, that provides an analysis of the terminology used of adult education and adult basic education and training and some history and Freirian, feminist and post-colonial theory Keywords: adult basic education, adult education, literacy, history, ideology, Africanisation, development, educators
	Learning for development: Learners’ perceptions of the impact of the Kha Ri Gude Literacy Campaign Author: McKay, V.I. Date: 2020 Reference: McKay, V.I. 2020. Learning for development: Learners’ perceptions of the impact of the Kha Ri Gude Literacy Campaign. World Development, Volume 125, pp. 1-17 Description: This article describes how the Kha Ri Gude Literacy Campaign used an enriched literacy curriculum in providing literacy instruction to 4.7 million adult learners and explores the extent to which resulting benefits correlated with the developmental intent which aimed, by using MDG/SDG inspired themes, to impact on the social, economic and developmental opportunities that might be afforded by literacy acquisition, based upon the responses from a sample of 485,941 literacy learners to a 24-item instrument which sought to establish learner perceptions of the benefits (or lack thereof) of their participation in the literacy campaign. The high rate of positive responses showed that the majority of the learners perceived the campaign to have benefited them, heightened feelings of self-confidence, ability to articipate in community matters, increased understandings of health issues, increased involvement in income generation, technological abilities, as well as in increasing their appetite for lifelong learning. The quantitative findings were compared with the findings of the learner interviews conducted with learners who had completed the programme in the previous two to five years. Keywords: adult education, literacy, KRG, development, research
	Qualification Profile of Lecturers Employed in Public Technical and Vocational Education and Training Colleges in South Africa, 2020 Report Author: Teacher Education Directorate Date: 2020 Reference: Teacher Education Directorate. 2020.Qualification Profile of Lecturers Employed in Public Technical and Vocational Education and Training Colleges in South Africa, 2020 Report. Pretoria: Teacher Education Directorate, Department of Higher Education and Training Description: Summary of annual survey of TVET colleges data: of the 11 794 lecturers (97.8% sample): 555 (4.7%) were deemed to be academically and professionally unqualified; 3 083 (26.1%) were deemed to be academically qualified but professionally unqualified; 4 545 (38.5%) were deemed to be academically and professionally qualified but for the schooling sector; and 3 207 (27.2%) were deemed to be academically and professionally qualified for the TVET sector Keywords: TVET, qualifications, practitioners, educators, trainers
	Project Literacy review 2015-2019 Author: Project Literacy Date: 20200116 Reference: Project Literacy. 2020. Project Literacy review 2015-2019. Pretoria: Project Literacy Description: Decsription of the current status of this adult literacy NGO, its work, management and funding Keywords: literacy, adult basic education, family literacy, reading, disability, qualifications, NGOs, educators, practitioners, adult further education
	Continuing Education and Training Act, 2006 (Act No. 16 of 2006) National Norms and Standards for funding Community Education and Training Colleges Author: Department of Higher Education and Training Date: 20200306 Reference: Department of Higher Education and Training. 2020. Continuing Education and Training Act, 2006 (Act No. 16 of 2006) National Norms and Standards for funding Community Education and Training Colleges. Government Gazette, Volume 657, Number 43078 Description: Explains some of the legal background of the so-called Community Education and Training Colleges, provides some statistics on the consolidation of the previous Public Adult learning Centres (3276) into 200 Community Learning Centres, acknowledges the infrastructure and funding challenges (including an inability to provide adequate study materials), and specifies how the allocation of funding is to be done (including the prohibition on Community Learning Centres opening their own bank accounts), what fees can be charged and enrolment planning done Keywords: finance, adult education, CLCs, PALCs, HRD, legislation, plan
	Adult learning and education as a tool to contain pandemics: The COVID‑19 experience Authors: Lopes, H., and McKay, V.I. Date: 20200618 Reference: Lopes, H., and McKay, V.I.. 2020. Adult learning and education as a tool to contain pandemics: The COVID‑19 experience. International review of Education, 2020 Description: The paper argues that in combating pandemics, more can be gained by changing citizens’ behaviours than by relying solely on the medical route and that the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the relationship between individual behaviour and group risk. Mass training of all social strata of a country’s entire population is therefore critical in mitigating the pandemic. The authors of this article argue that adult learning and education can play a pivotal role particularly in countries where average literacy levels are low, as these are usually the same countries in which healthcare systems are more fragile. Keywords: adult education, literacy, development, health education, KRG, advocacy
	A cross sectional study of adult educators and adult education programmes Authors: Land, S.J., Mbhamali, S., and Mukeredzi, T. Date: 202008 Reference: Land, S.J., Mbhamali, S., and Mukeredzi, T. 2020. A cross sectional study of adult educators and adult education programmes. Durban: Adult and Community Education Unit, Durban University of Technology Description: This is a detailed study of the education levels, qualifications, conditions of employment, self-perceptions, and problems of adult educators teaching in ex PALCs, workplace learning centres, church centres, NGOs, prisons or other adult learning centres, what is being taught in the programmes, courses, and in non formal learning, and what the educator's understanding was on the new Community College system. Conclusions and recommendations are provided. Keywords: adult education, adult basic education, literacy, NGOs, CLCs, PALCs, research, qualifications, certification, provision, plan, ideology
	Draft Kha Ri Gude mass literacy campaign Close-out report September 2020 Author: Department of Basic Education Date: 20200909 Reference: Department of Basic Education. 2020. Draft Kha Ri Gude mass literacy campaign Close-out report September 2020 . Pretoria: Department of Basic Education Description: This draft report has information on the backgrounf, objectives, design, implementation, and the impact of the campaign, statistics and some qualitative reports. Keywords: literacy, adult education, adult basic education, KRG, research, provision, plan, statistics
	Unlocking the power of data: A review of the state of readiness of the post-school education and training sector in South Africa for enhanced data interoperability Authors: Rajab, R., Nomvete, S., Manda, M., and Keevy, J. Date: 20201110 Reference: Rajab, R., Nomvete, S., Manda, M., and Keevy, J. 2020. Unlocking the power of data: A review of the state of readiness of the post-school education and training sector in South Africa for enhanced data interoperability. Johannesburg: Joint Education Services and Manufacturing and Engineering Sector Education and Training Authority (merSETA) Description: A detailed study of the data systems used by key post school education and training (PSET) stakeholders, and their readiness for and openness to collaboration in a PSET CLOUD project that built on Interoperability, Information Technology security, Economies of scale, and the Elimination of duplication, including descriptions of the applicable education and technology related policies and legislation Keywords: MIS, computers, IT, monitoring and evaluation, partnerships, , plan, projects, S&T, career guidance
	The transition of Public Adult Learning Centres (PALCs) to Community Education and Training Colleges (CETCs): Perspectives and experiences of a selection of management and lecturer staff in the greater Cape Town area Author: Mginywa, N. Date: 20201200 Reference: Mginywa, N. 2020.The transition of Public Adult Learning Centres (PALCs) to Community Education and Training Colleges (CETCs): Perspectives and experiences of a selection of management and lecturer staff in the greater Cape Town area. Rondebosch: University of Cape Town [Unpublished Masters in Adult Education thesis] Description: A study of the transition from the pre-existing Public Adult Learning Centre system of state adult education to the new Community Education and Training College system from the perspective of managers and educators in the system in the Cape Town area that concluded that the centralization of governance had negative consequences and there was little evidence of transformative adult education Keywords: adult education, adult basic education, policy, history, universities, NGOs, ideology, educators, finance, governamce
2021	Adult learner perceptions of adult basic education and training curriculum in a rural village of North West province, South Africa: curriculum, career aspirations and social change alignment Authors: Danke, S., and Mkhize, T.R. Date: 2021 Reference: Danke, S., and Mkhize, T.R. 2021. Adult learner perceptions of adult basic education and training curriculum in a rural village of North West province, South Africa: curriculum, career aspirations and social change alignment, African Perspectives of Research in Teaching & Learning, Vol. Number 2, pp. 62-75 Description: A research study that looked at adult learners’ perceptions of the ABET curriculum, its relevance and employment gaining capacity, in a rural village in the North West province, and concluded that the ABET system should be overhauled to ensure alignment between the curriculum, career advancement and sustainable empowerment of adult learners through effective teaching and learning. The findings suggested that continuing to provide ABET would play a critical role in bringing social change. Keywords: adult education, adult basic education, curriculum, research, training, practitioners
	Shifting lenses to a participatory ethos in research: Adult learners with disabilities in Germany and South Africa Authors: Schreiber-Barsh, S. and Rule, P. Date: 202101 Reference: Schreiber-Barsh, S. and Rule, P. 2021. Shifting lenses to a participatory ethos in research: Adult learners with disabilities in Germany and South Africa. In: Köpfer, A., Powell, J.J.W., and Zahnd, R. (Eds). 2021. Handbook of Inclusive Education: Global,National and Local Perspectives. Leverkusen, Germany: Verlag Barbara Budrich, pp. 547-572 Description: Compares the systems of inclusive adult education in Germany and South Africa with a particular focus on disability and finds that in both Germany and South Africa two policy discourses tend to predominate: rights and ethics; and the political – though with a pragmatic discourse starting to emerge. Fairly technical in its terminology and research methods. Provides a useful description of the core features of inclusive adult education and of various methods of participatory research Keywords: research, adult education, disability, ideology, lifelong learning
	Statistics on Post-School Education and Training in South Africa: 2019 Author: Department of Higher Education and Training Date: 202103 Reference: Department of Higher Education and Training. 2021. Statistics on Post-School Education and Training in South Africa: 2019. Pretoria: Department of Higher Education and Training Description: Has a section (pp. 49-58) on Community Education and Training Colleges though there are several caveats made about its accuracy and that policy targets were not met Keywords: adult education, adult basic education, statistics, educators, assessment, curriculum
	Knowledge and Practice Standards for primary teacher education graduates: language and literacy Author: Primary Teacher Education Project Date: 202104 Reference: Primary Teacher Education Project. 2021. Knowledge and Practice Standards for primary teacher education graduates: language and literacy. Pretoria: Primary Teacher Education Project, Department of Higher Education and Training Description: Important standards for literacy teachers (though aimed at school teachers most of applicable to adult basic education language and literacy teachers) that are based on the latest scientific evidence on the effective teaching of reading Keywords: literacy, reading, language, second language teaching, practitioners, standards
	A historical remembrance of Paulo Freire in South Africa: A tale of two activists Authors: Aitchison, J.J.W. and McKay, V.I. Date: 202111 Reference: Aitchison, J.J.W. and McKay, V.I. 2021. A historical remembrance of Paulo Freire in South Africa: A tale of two activists, Australian Journal of Adult learning, Volume 61, Number 3, November 2021, pp. 334-354 Description: An article based on two personal narratives through which the authors explore how Freirean thought impacted on their work as academic activists and literacy educators in apartheid South Africa and assisted their combined efforts to design, develop and implement a large-scale Freirean-infused national literacy campaign in post-apartheid South Africa that concludes that Freirean thought remained relevant in the early twenty-first century through, among other things, the implementation of adult literacy. Keywords: literacy, history, adult beducatiion, ideology, KRG
	South Africa’s adult educators in the community college sector: Who they are and how they view their training, their work and their position Author: Land, S.J. Date: 20211201 Reference: Land, S.J. 2021. South Africa’s adult educators in the community college sector: Who they are and how they view their training, their work and their position, Journal of Vocational, Adult and Continuing Education and Training, Volume 4, Number 1, pp. 16-40 Description: This article reports on a cross-sectional study of adult educators employed Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) in the so-called Community Education and Trauning College system that enquired into adult educators’ working lives, their qualifications, their sense of whether their training was adequate, the issue of further training, their understanding of their work, their conditions of service and the support they believed they need. Keywords: educators, adult education, adult basic education and training, policy, qualifications, policy, plan, research
	Trade Union Education and Skills Development Needs for Labour Representatives in South Africa Author: Lekane, G.M. Date: 20211213 Reference: Lekane, G.M. 2021. Trade Union Education and Skills Development Needs for Labour Representatives in South Africa. [Paper prepared for the Prepared for the KwaZulu-Natal Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) Standing Committee on Continuing Worker Education Description: A paper drawing on a survey conducted among 216 shop stewards from 24 trade unions3, across four federations (COSATU, FEDUSA, SAFTU, NACTU) over nine provinces that looked at their education and training needs Keywords: history, unions, training, practitioners
2022	Ministerial Skills Summit 2022 on Community Education and Training
	Workbook: Ministerial Skills Summit 2022 on Community Education and Training Author: Department of Higher Education and Training Date: 20220308-09 Reference: Department of Higher Education and Training. 2022. Workbook: Ministerial Skills Summit 2022 on Community Education and Training. Pretoria: Department of Higher Education and Training Description: A concept document that explains that the Summit is being organized to bring together stakeholders and role-players in the Community Education and Training (CET) ector and the broad Post School Education and Training system and government departments and entities to position CET Colleges as key instruments for the provision of mass skills programmes, details of the two day programme, and notes on the speakers Keywords: adult education, adult basic education, training, development, IT, skills, policy, plan
	Workbook [Resource Documents]: Ministerial Skills Summit 2022 on Community Education and Training Author: Department of Higher Education and Training Date: 20220308-09 Reference: Department of Higher Education and Training. 2022. Workbook [Resource Documents]: Ministerial Skills Summit 2022 on Community Education and Training. Pretoria: Department of Higher Education and Training Description: Resource documents, namely: the White paper for Post School Education and Training (2013), Continuing Education and Training Act 16 or 2006 (and the amendments to the Act in 2010, 2011, and 2013), National Policy on Community Education and Training Colleges (2015), The Community Education and Training College system: national plan for the implementation of the White Paper for post- school education and training system 2019-2030 (2019), and Community Education and Training in South Africa, getting skills right (OECD, 2019) Keywords: adult education, adult basic education, continuing education, skills, policy, plan, development
	Pitfalls of new mass interventions – planning and resourcing for the mass skills programme intervention Author: Aitchison, J.J.W. Date: 20220309 Reference: Aitchison, J.J.W. 2022. Pitfalls of new mass interventions – planning and resourcing for the mass skills programme intervention. [Paper presented at the Ministerial Skills Summit 2022 on Community Education and Training in Cape Town] Description: Acerbic examination of eight pitfalls in implementing education, training, and development policies and plans together with suggestions on avoiding them Keywords: development, adult education, policy, plan, monitoring and evaluation, funding
	Presentations made to the Ministerial Skills Summit 2022 on Community Education and Training Author: As stated Date: 20220308-09 Reference: Author. 2022. Title. [Paper presented to the Ministerial Skills Summit 2022 on Community Education and Training] Ahluwalia, R.  Higher Health Gasa, N.B.K.  National Open Learning System - potential for hybrid learning Land, S.J.  Professionalising the CET sector Lolwana, P.  CET Skills Provision and the informality Madibane, M.  Role of digital skills in massifying skills propgrammes provision Raphotle, M., Tshabalala, M., and Nduna, N.  Exploring RPL as a means of massifying provision in CET colleges Tshabalala, T.N.  Capacitating CET College lecturers in digital skills Vandeweyer, M.  Upskilling and reskilling Abrahams, C.J.  The EPWP Programme and CET Colleges Aitchison, J.J.W.  Pitfalls in implementation Hlongwane, K.  Catalytic funding for CET Colleges Johnstone, N.  Thabiso Skills Centres and massification of skills programmes Malapile, S.  Second Chance Matric Programme Naidoo, V.  Thinking and new trends on quality assurance for skills programmes Ramonyatse, F.  Consolidated input on regional summit recommendations Keywords: adult education, adult basic education, training, development, policy, plan, distance education, practitioners, educators, skills, non-formal education, computers, IT, RPL, monitoring and evaluation, adult further education
	Adult education and learning access: Hope in times of crisis in South Africa Editors: Groener, Z. and Land S.J. Date: 2022 Reference: Groener, Z. and Land S.J. (Eds). 2022. Adult education and learning access: Hope in times of crisis in South Africa. Bellville: University of the Western Cape The Chapters in the book Groener, Z.  Socio-economic crisis, social security, distributive justice, and vulnerable adults’ access to post-school education and training in South Africa: An emerging conceptual framework Mthethwa, B.S.V. and Land, S.J.  The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the Community Education and Training College system in KwaZulu-Natal Mncube, V., Mutongoza, B.H., and Olawale, B.E. Gender-based violence in adult education: The experiences of rural learners and adult educators Phadima, L.J., Memela, B., and Land, S.J.  Community education and the crisis of biodiversity loss: Reflections from the hall of mirrors of past projects Walters, S.  Learning democracy in a social movement in times of COVID-19 Mdepa, A. Higher education funding crisis and access: Student protests, UWC#FMF, and social movements Aploon-Zokufa, K. Funding as a crisis for mature women students: Agency, barriers and widening participation Dasoo, N.  and van der Merwe-Muller, L. Towards a socially just, continuous professional development model for teachers as adult learners Stoltenkamp, J. and Dankers, P.  Designing online learning environments in higher education: Building capacity of lecturers to design and facilitate blended e-pedagogy for mature students Groener, Z. and Hector, N. Access to early childhood development qualifications, Extended Public Works Programme, agency, and crisis intervention and hope Newton, G. and Liezel Frick, L.  Workplace literacy in a time of crisis: A narrative account of palliative care workers’ learning as regards dealing with adversity Hamman, L. Transcending crisis and trauma through mindfulness and embodied learning Keywords: adult education, literacy, development, IT, finance, ideology
	Examining key challenges in adult community learning centres’ programme of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa Authors: Akintolu, M., Uleanya, C., and Letseka, M. Date: 2022 Reference: Akintolu, M., Uleanya, C., and Letseka, M. 2022. Examining key challenges in adult community learning centres’ programme of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, Volume 0, Number 0, pp. 1-20 Description: A study of based on interviews with nine Community Learning Centre managers in KwaZulu-Natal province that discovered various challenges - lack of study materials, erratic attendance, unqualified educators, shortage of infrastructure, social and community barriers to learning Keywords: adult education, adult basic education, CLCs, PALCs, educators, materials, ideology
	SDGs 3, 4, 5: Educating for Health, Literacy and Gender Authors: English, L.M., and McKay, V.I. Date: 2022 Reference: English, L.M., and McKay, V.I. 1993. SDGs 3, 4, 5: Educating for Health, Literacy and Gender. Convergence, Volume 43, No 1, pp. 31-40 Description: This article examines the three Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): 3, 4 and 5 which call on countries to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education (SDG 3), the promotion of lifelong learning (LLL) opportunities for all, health and well being (SDG 4), and the empowerment of women (SDG 5). The article focuses on the centrality of education (SDG 4) as an interconnected and catalytic goal in the SDG Agenda 2030 and draws on related examples from South Africa. Keywords: development, adult education, sex and gender
	Stakeholder perceptions of leadership and organisational change management in two Community Education and Training Colleges in South Africa Author: Mbatha, L.L. Date: 2022 Reference: Mbatha, L.L. 2022. Stakeholder perceptions of leadership and organisational change management in two Community Education and Training Colleges in South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal [Doctor of Philosophy dissertation] Description: A case study of organisational change management in two so-called Community Colleges, the one in KwaZulu-Natal and the other in Mpumlanga that used interviews, focus groups, document analysis, observations, and questionnaires to gauge the perceptions of stakeholders who played different leadership roles within the colleges.The findings suggest that t leaders do not view the CET college holistically and lack an understanding of what needs to be changed. The dissertation recommends a review of governance and leadership structures, the adoption of shared organisational change by all stakeholder levels of leadership and further training on policy systems by policy experts. Keywords: community college, adult education, leadership, change management, critical success, Keywords: adult education, adult basic education, community colleges, CLCs, PALCs, management, development, HRD, ideology
	The other side of private provision: Part 1. Research report on the response of private providers to the National Skills Development Plan (NSDP) 2030 Author: Lloyd, S. Date: 20220331 Reference: Lloyd, S. 2022. The other side of private provision: Part 1. Research report on the response of private providers to the National Skills Development Plan (NSDP) 2030 . Fairland, Gauteng: Association of Private Providers of Education, Training and Development (APPETD) Description: This detailed and critical research report on the response of private sector education and training providers to the National Skills Development Plan (NSDP) 2030 and which includes summaries of major skills development policies and plans and some useful statistics (though it notes the lack of reliable data on private providers), found that private providers involved in implementation of the NQF have found the system is complex and the regulatory bodies’ policies and plans are ambiguous or contradictory to one another. This has hampered seamless further development and implementation of the NQF and the NQF system. Similarly registration as private providers with DHET is onerous, expensive and there is too much duplication of documentation for accreditation with a Quality Council and registration by DHET. The deregistration of numbers of historical qualifications without there being new occupational qualifications to replace them has a negative effect on delivery and ultimately on skills development, as the qualifications development, quality assurance, NQF registration and delivery system is not ready for seamless integration of the old into the new system. The report recommends that the deconstruction of the current notions about public and private higher education institutions and colleges, and the re-imaginining and co-creation of a new approach towards the post school education and training system. Keywords: NQF, skills, development, plan, policy, provision, implementation, accreditation, qualifications, certification, RPL, statistics, research
	Community Learning Centres in Africa. A guideline for the establishment, management and up-scaling of community learning centres Author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Date: 20220524 Reference: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning. 2022. Community Learning Centres in Africa. A guideline for the establishment, management and up-scaling of community learning centres. Hamburg: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, UNESCO Bangkok, DVV International Description: A draft of a course Keywords: CLCs, policy, plan, implementation, governance
	Self-assessment of digital transformation readiness of public TVET colleges Authors: Petersen, M. and Tustin, D.H. Date: 20220720 Reference: Petersen, M. and Tustin, D.H. 2022. Self-assessment of digital transformation readiness of public TVET colleges. [Presentation to Continuing and Worker Education Human Resource Development Council standing committee meeting by Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Internationale Zusammenarbeit and Bureau of Market Research Description: Analyses the current situation and makes recommendations to increase the pace of digital transformation Keywords: IT, computers, skills, partnerships, research
	All the cattle in the kraal. An overview of Umalusi's research 2003-2011 Author: Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training Date: 202211 Reference: Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training. 2022. All the cattle in the kraal. An overview of Umalusi's research 2003-2011. Pretoria: Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training, pp. 41-43 Description: The small section in a larger report relating to adult and adult basic education that describes only two studies, one on the "fundamental" components of general and further education qualifications (done in 2007) and one on the intended and examined curricula of the Gneral and Education and Training Certifiacte for Adults (done in 2008) Keywords: NQF, qualifications, curriculum, research, adult education, adult basic education
2023	Council for Higher Education’s unacceptable war against the poor may be ending Author: Aitchison, J.J.W. Date: 20231113 Reference: Aitchison, J.J.W. 2023. Council for Higher Education’s unacceptable war against the poor may be ending. Daily Maverick, 13 November 2023 Description: An excoriating critique on the CHE's rules on credit accumulation and transfer that adversaly affect poor and disadvantaged people but which expresses hopes for change (which to date remain largely unfulfilled) Keywords: NQF, qualifications, universities, RPL
	Lessons from Kha Ri Gude: Professional development of ACET lecturers Author: McKay, V.I. Date: 20231123 Reference: McKay, V.I. 2023. Lessons from Kha Ri Gude: Professional development of ACET lecturers. [Presentation to UNESCO-UIL-DHET meeting 14 November 2023 at the National Institute for Professional Development] Description: Describes Kha Ri Gude literacy campaign, its materials, practitioner development in this large scale programme, and its developmental impact Keywords: literacy, adult basic education, KRG, NQF, lifelong learning, practitioners, educators, materials, assessment, statistics, provision, plan, research, development
	Paulo Freire in worldwide science education: an overview Authors: Marcelino, L.V., and Gehlen, S.T. Date: 20231213 Reference: Marcelino, L.V., and Gehlen, S.T. 2023. Paulo Freire in worldwide science education: an overview. Ilhéus, Bahia, Brasil: Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz Description: A bibliometric study of the extent to which Paulo Freire's work has influenced science education (and the lack of such influence in Africa) Keywords: curriculum, ideology, statistics
2024	Adult education and ABET policy, implementation plans, and research since 1992 Author: Aitchison, J.J.W. Date: 2024 Reference: Aitchison, J.J.W. 2024. Adult education and ABET policy, implementation plans, and research since 1992. Pietermaritzburg: Centre for Adult Education Description: A presentation covering many of the main policy, planning and research documents relating to adult education, adult basic education and literacy since 1992 (and which has been updated from earlier versions produced since 2003) Keywords: policy, plan, adult education, adult basic education, research, universities
	Task Team report to DHET Exco. 26 February 2024 Authors: Lolwana, P., Aitchison, J.J.W., Matiso, K., Seland, J., Tshabalala, T., and Hlatshwayo, M. Date: 20240226 Reference: Lolwana, P., Aitchison, J.J.W., Matiso, K., Seland, J., Tshabalala, T., and Hlatshwayo, M. 2024. Task Team report to DHET Exco. 26 February 2024. Pretoria: Department of Higher Education and Training Description: Task Team presentation covering recommendations of the Ministerial task team report on the on the development of a comprehensive implementation plan in response to the outcomes of the Community Education and Training Skills Summit of 2022 Keywords: policy, plan, adult education, adult basic education, research
	Report for presentation to the Minister of Higher Education and Training by the Task Team on the development of a comprehensive implementation plan in response to the outcomes of the Community Education and Training skills summit 2022. March 2024 Authors: Lolwana, P., Aitchison, J.J.W., Matiso, K., Seland, J., Tshabalala, T., and Hlatshwayo, M. Date: 202403 Reference: Lolwana, P., Aitchison, J.J.W., Matiso, K., Seland, J., Tshabalala, T., and Hlatshwayo, M. 2024. Report for presentation to the Minister of Higher Education and Training by the Task Team on the development of a comprehensive implementation plan in response to the outcomes of the Community Education and Training skills summit 2022. March 2024. Pretoria: Department of Higher Education and Training Description: Comprehensive report which starts with a situational analysis and then examines and make recommendations on: Institutional identity and building, Programme mix (General Education, Skills programmes, Business development, Community Education and services), Governance, Management, Administration, and Staffing, Support systems and services (Educational Management and Information System, Learning materials, Partnerships, Student Support Services, Employmentv services), Continuing Education and Training Act Review, and Transition from the current system Keywords: Policy, plan, adult education, adult basic education, research, curriculum, skills, practitioners, MIS, HRD, materials, partnerships
	The circuit breaker keeps tripping: investigating the effects of leadership styles prevalent in South African Community Education and Training colleges Authors: Mbatha, L.L. and Mkhize, J.S. Date: 20241113 Reference: Mbatha, L.L. and Mkhize, J.S. 2024. The circuit breaker keeps tripping: investigating the effects of leadership styles prevalent in South African Community Education and Training colleges. Universal Journal of Management, Volume 12, Number 3, pp. 23-34 Description: Research study describing the leadership styles in two two South African Community Education and Training (CET) colleges which identifies a lack of transformational ledership skills and insufficient sectoral expertise and comprehension Keywords: community colleges, management, research
2025	A memoir of TEE's early days in South Africa Author: Aitchison, J.J.W. Date: 2025 Reference: Aitchison, J.J.W. 2025. A memoir of TEE's early days in South Africa. In: Glissmann, V., and Harrison, P.J. (Eds). 2025. Theological Education by Extension: Accounts from the 20th Century. Blantyre, Malawi: TEEnet Press, pp. 199-209 Description: Provides an intriguing account of the development of this innovative distance education programme in the context of the repressive apartheid state Keywords: distance education, history, adult basic edication, qualificatiuons, certification
	Draft Revised Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework, 2025 Author: Council on Higher Education Date: 202502 Reference: Council on Higher Education. 2025. Draft Revised Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework, 2025. Pretoria: Council for Higher Education Description: The draft explains the motivation for the review and describes the main changes (which do not fulfill the promise of major changes proposed in the Report of the Review of the Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework (HEQSF) of 21 August 2022 and see Aitchison, 2023, Council for Higher Education’s unacceptable war against the poor may be ending). The document includes some comments made by Aitchison. Keywords: NQF, qualifications, certification, RPL, lifelong learning, universities
	National Qualifications Framework Further Amendment Bill, 2024 Author: Department of Higher Education and Training Date: 20250516 Reference: Department of Higher Education and Training. 2025. National Qualifications Framework Further Amendment Bill, 2024. Government Gazette, Number 52688 Description: Largely technical changes Keywords: NQF, qualifications, certification
	Request for proposals. Investigation of factors affecting student performance in the General Education and Training Certificate (GETC): ABET level 4 qualification Author: Department of Higher Education and Training and National Skills Fund Date: 20251016 Reference: Department of Higher Education and Training and National Skills Fund. 2025. Request for proposals. Investigation of factors affecting student performance in the General Education and Training Certificate (GETC): ABET level 4 qualification. Pretoria: Department of Higher Education and Training and National Skills Fund Description: A Request for Proposals that includes statistics on the GETC results for the years 2012 to 2020 Keywords: adult basic education, training, practitioners, qualification, assessment, certification, statistics
	Bold shift needed in CET colleges' governance Author: Mbatha, L.L. Date: 20251104 Reference: Mbatha, L.L. 2025. Bold shift needed in CET colleges' governance. Witness, 4 November 2025 Description: Opinion piece critiquing the current legislative structure for the governance of Community Education and Training Colleges which inappropriately replicates that of the situationally different TVET College Councils and over centralises governance Keywords: colleges, community, community colleges, CLCs, governance, KwaZulu-Natal
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