Links

The Department of Education
http://education.pwv.gov.za/?src=dire&xsrc=aedu 

The Department of Education has some useful documents.

• The ABET Act
• The ABET policy document
• Ancillary Health Care Manual (pdf document)

The South African Qualifications Authority
http://www.saqa.org.za/
The South African Qualifications Authority is a government appointed body that oversees the framework of qualifications in South Africa and the implementation of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF).
The site contains valuable information regarding the NQF, qualifications and standards. All registered unit standards of ABET can be found on this site and it has a useful search facility.

Unit Standards website

http://curriculum.pgwc.gov.za/abet/

The WCED ABET unit standard page is a database containing the latest Adult Basic Education and Training unit standards.

South African Government Information
Useful sites for sourcing the latest policy documents from the South African government. ABET related policy documents include:

• National Policy on the conduct of the ABET level 4 examination.
• Assessment policy in the general education and training band, grades R to 9 and ABET.
• National policy on HIV/AIDS for learners and educators in public schools and students and educators in further education and training institutions.
  
  Policy documents of interest to learners in adult education centers:
• Revised National Curriculum Statement Grades R-9 (Schools)
• National Policy on conducting senior certificate examinations

21st AEAA Conference 2003

http://www.umalusi.org.za/Inveloper.asp?iP=29&iVdoc=85&iS={CCCF3D76-F97C-475A-83FB-6B5217E42925}&iSQ=3

The AEAA conference documents include papers delivered by Jenny Rault-Smith and Jaywant Parbhoo of the W.C.E.D.

General links
http://users.iafrica.com/p/pc/pcmaths/Resources.htm
This site contains numerous links for numeracy and mathematics. It has links for key issues such as characteristics of the adult learner, the adult numeracy curriculum and assessment.

http://www.sun.ac.za/mgd/adultbasic/index.htm Click on this site to learn more about the work that a dedicated group of people are doing at the Matie Community Service, an ABET site situated at Stellenbosch University.