National policy, criteria and guidelines for the implementation of artisan recognition of prior learning revised

The Department of Higher Education and Training has published the National policy, criteria and guidelines for the implementation of artisan recognition of prior learning revised (4th draft). "This policy, criteria and guideline promotes and implements Artisan Recognition of Prior Learning (ARPL) as an active pathway to a full artisan trade occupational qualification in all sectors of the economy, and sets national criteria and guidelines on the practice of ARPL in order to grant access to non-contracted learners to a national trade test both in the formal and informal sectors of the economy. "

"This policy, criteria and guideline progressively replaces all previous and prevailing practices relating to artisan recognition of prior learning in South Africa, in particular the practice known as Section 28 under the repealed Manpower Training Act of 1981. "