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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY 
REGISTERED QUALIFICATION: 

Postgraduate Diploma in Records and Archives Management 
SAQA QUAL ID QUALIFICATION TITLE
72992  Postgraduate Diploma in Records and Archives Management 
ORIGINATOR
University of KwaZulu-Natal 
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
CHE - Council on Higher Education  HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework 
QUALIFICATION TYPE FIELD SUBFIELD
Postgraduate Diploma  Field 04 - Communication Studies and Language  Information Studies 
ABET BAND MINIMUM CREDITS PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL QUAL CLASS
Undefined  160  Level 8 and above  Level TBA:Pre-2009 was L8+  Regular-Provider-ELOAC 
REGISTRATION STATUS SAQA DECISION NUMBER REGISTRATION START DATE REGISTRATION END DATE
Registered-data under construction  EXCO 0324/24  2024-07-01  2027-06-30 
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2028-06-30   2031-06-30  

Registered-data under construction

The qualification content is currently being updated for the qualifications with the status “Registered-data under construction” or showing “DETAILS UNDER CONSTRUCTION” to ensure compliance with SAQA’S Policy and Criteria for the registration of qualifications and part-qualifications on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) (As amended, 2022). These qualifications are re-registered until 30 June 2027 and can legitimately be offered by the institutions to which they are registered.

 

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.  

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION 
1. To produce skilled practitioners who can fulfil the information needs of various sectors and communities in South Africa, and in comparable societies with specific reference to records and archival management.

2. To realise a high degree of sustained proficiency in both scholarship and professional training at all postgraduate levels in Information Studies relative to managing records and archival information.

3. Consequently this programme is both academic and vocational in its thrust. 

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING 
No specific learning with regard to the qualification in records and archival management are required, although students will have to have obtained general academic proficiency at the Bachelors degree for entry into this qualification. 

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING? 
N 

QUALIFICATION RULES 
N/A 

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES 
A specialised level for Records and Archival Management to demonstrate the knowledge and skills required at this level;
the capacity and ability to exercise professional judgement concerning tasks and responsibilities in library, archival and information work. More particularly, the programme in Information Studies addresses the following:

1. Fosters an awareness of and teaches information literacy as a core competency within the university and for lifelong purposes

2. Educates and trains information professionals who are skilled, critical, perceptive, pro-active and adaptive regarding the information requirements of South Africa and other comparable societies in the area if archival and records management

3. Inculcates multi-faceted research skills and the ability to present and report on research findings

4. Assists information professionals who are service practitioners to develop and enhance their competencies through in-service training and continuing education and training programmes. 

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 
Integrated assessment appropriately incorporated to ensure that the purpose of the qualification is achieved:

Seminars
Exercises - e.g. in research methods and practicals in cataloguing, classification, reference work, literature and Internet searches
Visual material
Repackaged material
Oral presentation
Essays
Reports
Research report on field pladement.
Examinations

These are the various methods that will be deployed. Different assignments are assessed differently in a system of continuous assessment. Final examination of modules is holistic, seeking to see how learners are able to integrate content and skills more generally. 

INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY 
N/A 

ARTICULATION OPTIONS 
Articulation possibilities with related qualifications (either generic or specific arrangements for articulation)

1. Credits obtained from modules could readily be granted in other programmes and qualifications acquired could be used as means of access to another programme.
2. Entry to the programme at any level is possible provided the requirements for admission have been met (see Q8). In some instances it will be possible for learners to be given the opportunity to attain the entry requirements should their prior qualifications not have enabled them to do that.

On the Pietermantzburg campus links at various levels with other programmes in

1. Computer Science & Information Studies
2. General Studies (B Soc Sc)
3. Government Business and Ethics
4. Education
5. Environment and Development
6. Heritage Studies
7. Policy and Development Studies
8. Psychology
9. Rural Community (Systems) Development

Modules in Information Studies, particularly at the Post Graduate Diploma and Honours Levels are, or could be, included in the programmes Listed. By the same token modules from these programmes, as they unfold, will augment the offerings in Information Studies. 

MODERATION OPTIONS 
Internal and external examining, which is supplemented by a review process of higher degrees carried out by the Faculty of Human Sciences. 

CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS 
1. Full-time, permanent members of the University of Natal's staff establishment
2. All examiners are subject to the approval of the Faculty of Human Sciences at this University. 

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: 
When qualifications are replaced, some (but not all) of their learning programmes are moved to the replacement qualifications. If a learning programme appears to be missing from here, please check the replaced 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 KwaZulu-Natal 


All qualifications and part qualifications registered on the National Qualifications Framework are public property. Thus the only payment that can be made for them is for service and reproduction. It is illegal to sell this material for profit. If the material is reproduced or quoted, the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) should be acknowledged as the source.