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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Bachelor of Education: Educational Guidance and Counselling

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
15532	Bachelor of Education: Educational Guidance and Counselling
ORIGINATOR
University of Pretoria
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY			NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
CHE - Council on Higher Education			HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
QUALIFICATION TYPE	FIELD		SUBFIELD
Honours Degree	Field 05 - Education, Training and Development		Schooling
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	225	Level 7	NQF Level 08	Regular-Provider-ELOAC
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		SAQA 091/21	2021-07-01	2023-06-30
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2024-06-30		2027-06-30

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 does not replace any other qualification and is not replaced by any other qualification.

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

1. The first purpose of the qualification is to provide qualifiers with postgraduate level knowledge, specific skills and applied competence in Educational Guidance and Counselling
2. The second purpose of the qualification is to add to the skills base of university graduates who are practising as educational counsellors and guidance practitioners in the following settings: private practice, the school, private sector and state sector.
3. The third purpose of the qualification is to train educational counsellors and guidance practitioners in a variety of counselling and guidance areas, for example assessment, interventions and techniques.
4. The third purpose of the qualification is to equip the candidates in the area of human resource development.
5. To highlight the relevance of all aspects of guidance and counselling to broader social, economic and political developments in relation to reconstruction and development, human resource needs, locally and nationally
6. To facilitate the development of learners' awareness and respect of non-discrimination values and a commitment to the promotion of democratic, non-racist, non-sexist values within the South African community
7. To promote the integration and relationship between selected areas of both theory and practise of guidance and counselling
8. To provide qualifiers or eligible candidates with pre-graduate scientific knowledge, specific skills and applied competence in field 5 and related fields for life-long personal development, and economic prosperity.
9. To empower qualifiers to make a meaningful contribution to the democratisation of a society in transformation.
10. To enhance the application of relevant scientific knowledge for the advancement of education in South Africa.
11. To open up an alternative route for community support (guidance and counselling) to enable the development of human potential in South Africa.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Matriculation certificate
First degree: BA, B Sc, B Com
Other:
HED (PGCE)

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

B Ed (Educational Guidance and Counselling)

Learning outcomes:
1.

The learner will have strong practical and foundational competence with the reflexive competence to make judgements in a wide context.

A B Ed (Educational Guidance and Counselling) graduate is able to identify, assess, formulate and solve convergent and divergent counselling and guidance problems.

A qualified practitioner at this level is able to: Fulfil the roles and competences of a (guidance) teacher/ educational counsellor, which are:
Mediator of learning
Interpreter and designer of learning programmes and materials
Leader, administrator and manager
Scholar, researcher and life-long learner
Community, citizenship and pastoral role
Leaning area (life orientation) specialist

2. A B Ed (Educational Guidance and Counselling) graduate is able to apply theories and competences in educational guidance and counselling to manage a private practice and execute counselling and guidance endeavours.

3. A B Ed (Educational Guidance and Counselling) graduate is able to render a counselling and guidance service to promote general mental health within the community.

Critical cross-field outcomes:
Critical outcomes include, but are not limited to:

Identifying and solving guidance and counselling problems, and displaying responsible decisions by means of critical and creative thinking.

Collecting, analysing, organising and evaluating information necessary to make responsible counselling and guidance decisions.

Communicating effectively by using visual and language skills in the modes of oral and written persuasion with associates.

Working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team.

Demonstrating enterprising attitude towards human resource development opportunities in order to contribute to general capacity building of all relevant partners.

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

B Ed (Educational Guidance and Counselling) graduates should be able to:

Demonstrate their competences in implementing assessment capabilities, theories, techniques and interventions in counselling practices

To be able to interpret the design, organisation and execution of the counselling and guidance practice.

Co-operate effectively with all relevant partners in the mental health field

Integrated assessment:
Portfolios
Simulations
Work-place assessments
Written examinations
Oral examinations
Other:
Seminars
Essays
Assignments

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

Related qualifications:
M Ed (Educational Guidance and Counselling)

M Ed (Educational Guidance and Counselling) serves as an entry point to the related qualification

MODERATION OPTIONS

Self-evaluating tests
Peer group evaluation
Written tests - lecturer evaluation
Written examination - internal and external expertise
Seminars - self-evaluation, group evaluation and lecturer evaluation
Assignments - self-evaluation and lecturer evaluation
Essays - internal and external evaluation
Examination panels

CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS

Qualifications required:
At least a M Ed degree in Educational Guidance and Counselling or related subject fields

Career experience required:
University experience or College of Education or any other tertiary education experience or general experience as counsellor or guidance practitioner

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006; 2009; 2012; 2015.

LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION:

NONE

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.

1.	University of Pretoria