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  • November 2025: NQF Partners Media Briefing Update – A quick update from SAQA, QCTO, CHE and Umalusi on key issues that impact all training providers. The briefing covers current developments in the NQF space, ongoing challenges with unaccredited institutions, and the steps learners and providers should take to verify institutions and certificates. Watch here
  • November 2025: Access essential QCTO-compliant templates and reports to support your Final Integrated Supervised Assessment (FISA) process. Download QCTO Templates: FISA Reports & Agreements below:
  • Examiner/Developer Report (FISA1) here
  • Pre-Moderator Report (FISA2) here
  • Confidentiality Agreement – Assessor here
  • Confidentiality Agreement – Moderator here
  • October 2025: The External Integrated Summative Assessments (EISAs) for several Ceta qualifications have been officially postponed to 2026. View here.
  • August 2025: Here are the presentations from Day 1 of the QCTO KZN SDP workshop:
    1. Learner Enrolment Capacitation
    2. Certification Domain Presentation
    3. Accreditation Domain Presentation
    4. Quality Assurance Domain Presentation
    5. Qualifications Domain Presentation

    And here are the presentations from Day 2 of the QCTO KZN SDP workshop:

    1. Constitution of the OQSF Private Provider Provincial Forum
    2. Assessments Assurance Capacitation Workshop
    3. Developing Assessments and Assessment Instruments
    4. Research and Analysis Presentation
    5. Quality Assurance Domain Presentation
  • August 2025: Minister Buti Manamela addressing the media on the state of the Post-School Education & Training (PSET) sector. View here.
  • August 2025: Formal QCTO communication dated 1 April 2021 detailing SDP OHS requirements. View here.
  • August 2025: Curriculum implementation tool used by the QCTO monitors- download here
  • Issued July 2025: Devi Show on the Skills Development Provider crisis – Watch here
  • Issued June 2025: Services SETA have released the External Integrated Summative Assessment (EISA) dates for various occupational qualifications across the services sector – View here
  • Issued June 2025: QCTO survey form for SDPs who are already accredited – View form here
  • Issued June 2025: SAQA  updated “Strategy at a Glance” document, outlining key focus areas for the year ahead – View here
  • Issued May 2025:  QCTO Communication – Use of Alternate Training Venues – View here
  • Issued May 2025: 2025 Mandatory Grant Application Extension Gazette – [Download here]
  • Issued May 2025: ETDP Seta Cyclical Accreditation Schedule – View here
  • Issued May 2025: Official DHET Registered Learnerships (MICT Seta / QCTO) – View here

  • Issued May 2025: Media coverage – Leaked list of potential SETA chairpersons

  • Issued March 2025: Read the latest publication titled – Changing Trends in the Size and Shape of Postgraduate Programmes in the Public Higher Education System in South Africa here

  • Issued March 2025: Expired qualifications (76 listed) – View here

  • Issued March 2025: Registered qualifications (784 listed) – View here

  • Issued March 2025: All QCTO qualifications (726 listed) – View here

  • Issued March 2025 – List of extended legacy qualifications – view here

  • Issued February 2025 – Government Gazette – view here
  • Issued: January 2025 – For the QCTO Accreditation Tariffs – view here
  • Issued January 2025 – QCTO soon to charge for SDP applications – please see slide show with details and examples – here.
  • Issued January 2025: Opinion piece here on the additional QCTO application costs written by Belinda-Lee Heydenrych and shared by Lynel Farrell.
  • Issued January 2025: Research Bulletin on Post School Education and Training – number 13 – view here
  • Issued December 2024: National Guidelines for the Implementation of Occupational Qualifications at Public TVET Colleges – view here
  • Issued December 2024 – Government Gazette – view here
  • Issued September 2024: DHET’s Dictionary of Terms and Concepts for Post – School Education and Training 2024 – view here
  • Issued April 2024: Statistics on Post-School Education and Training in South Africa, 2023 – Full Report view here
  • Issued April 2024: Statistics on Post-School Education and Training in South Africa, 2023 – Infographics view here
  • Issued April 2024: Statistics on Post-School Education and Training in South Africa, 2023 – Excel Sheet view here
  • Issued August 2020: National Digital and Future Skills Strategy white paper here
  • Issued March 2019: QCTO SDP accreditation policy document – view here
  • The Road to Success: The Skills Development Provider’s Guide to Offering Occupational Qualifications – download here
  • Services SETA Resources: Access strategic documents, annual reports, performance plans, and sector skills plans that provide insights into skills development initiatives within the services sector – view here
  • SAQA process for qualification verification booklet – view here