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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Bachelor of Commerce: Education

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
10073	Bachelor of Commerce: Education
ORIGINATOR
University of the North
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY			NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
CHE - Council on Higher Education			HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
QUALIFICATION TYPE	FIELD		SUBFIELD
National First Degree	Field 05 - Education, Training and Development		Higher Education and Training
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	480	Level 6	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6	Regular-Provider-ELOAC
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		SAQA 2663/05	2006-07-01	2009-06-30
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2010-06-30		2015-06-30

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.

This qualification is replaced by:

Qual ID	Qualification Title	Pre-2009 NQF Level	NQF Level	Min Credits	Replacement Status
81893	Bachelor of Commerce: Education	Level 6	NQF Level 07	480	Complete

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

Teacher preparation for Commercial subjects.
Teach commercial subjects at school level such as Economics, Business Economics, and Accounting etc. at the secondary school level
Provide teachers at the secondary phase as a national resource

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Std 10
Further Education certificate NQF Level 4

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

Exit level outcomes as contemplated in regulation 5(1) (b) and (c).

* Subject content competence is demonstrated effectively
* Competence is demonstrated through teaching, learning , curriculum, assessment and management
* Competence to teach up to matric level is demonstrated in the classroom situation
* Teachers should be able to design and interpret materials and learning programmes and materials to be used in the classroom
* Should demonstrate the ability in an authentic context, to consider a range of possibilities for action, make considered decisions about which possibility to follow, and to perform the chosen action.
* Managing classroom teaching of various kinds (individualised, small groups, etc) in different educational contexts and particularly with large and diverse groups etc.

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT

Tests, assignments, exam and practicals.

Through a system of continuous assessment, based on formative assessment strategies (e. g. portfolio, projects, reflexive journals, tests, assignment); end of year examinations as well as demonstration of competence in a school during Teaching practice.

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

B.Com B.A etc.

MODERATION OPTIONS

Internal and external examiners; School Principals moderators of Teaching practice.

CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS

* Demonstration of applied competencies as an educator within an appropriate site

* Demonstration of acquired education and subject content competence

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006.

LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION:

When qualifications are replaced, some of their learning programmes are moved to being recorded against the replacement qualifications. If a learning programme appears to be missing from here, please check the replacement.

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PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION:

This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here.

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