Transcript CHE draft template (iii)

COUNCIL ON HIGHER
EDUCATION
QA Forum: PHEIs
Data on PHEIs
6 March 2012
Tamara Bezuidenhout
Data Systems
• 3 data collecting systems:
HEQC-Online
HEQF-Online
HEQCIS
• Different purpose, structure, process of
collecting data
HEQC-Online
• Purpose: Programme Accreditation
• Applications for Candidacy Phase and Reaccreditation (PHEIs only)
• Two-part application: Institutional Profile and
Programme Application
• IP Data incl: Mission and Vision, Contact details
(Institutional Administrator, Head of Institution, Sites
of Delivery), Student numbers, Policy documents,
CVs, MIS, Infrastructural information (libraries,
computers, laboratories), Registration information –
should be updated regularly
HEQC-Online (cont)
• Application incl: Response to questions relating to
Criteria for Programme Accreditation (1-9),
supporting docs, contact and distance info,
postgraduate details
• Processing applications: submission, evaluation, AC,
HEQC, Outcomes
• Reporting: per CESM, NQF level, HEI
• Data available: Programme data (July 2005 and some
2002 –), Student numbers (U/grad +P/Grad), staffing
information, ‘space’ (lecture venues, libraries,
laboratories), policies, outcomes and docs
HEQC-Online (cont)
• Currently….
 590 registered users on HEQC-Online (not Public or
Agric)
 But 117 Registered and Accredited PHEIs
 Total submitted progs : 967
 Provisionally Accredited: 613
 Not Accredited: 212
 Not yet processed: 144 (AC Feb + April 2012)
• Planned that outcomes of HEQC-Online will soon
articulate with the HEQF-Online
HEQF-Online
• Purpose: Gather data re HEQF alignment
• Submission of Category A, B and C programmes (All
institutions)
• Two-part submission process: complete and upload
offline excel template, edit and submit individual
qual applications
• Two-part submission:
 S1 (Existing qual info): Qual name, abbreviation, ref,
NQF level, credits, duration, SAQA reqs, min
admission reqs
HEQF-Online (cont)
 S2 (Amended qual info): Qual name, abbreviation,
ref, NQF level, credits, duration, SAQA reqs,
designator, CESM, WIL credits, research credits,
Professional reqs, min admission reqs, sites of
delivery (PHEIs)
• Process: Submission, Checklisting, Evaluation,
Review, Return for correction, Resubmit, HEQC
• Reporting: per Qual, Category, Qual Type, Subm
Date, User, HEI, Outcomes (Summary, per Qual, per
Inst), Total Offerings
HEQF-Online (cont)
• Currently…
 Category A: 4529 (Nov 1297, Feb 2693, Mar 539)
 Category B: 1568
 Category C: 2527
• Total 8624 submitted
• 26 PHEIs not submitted of 113 registered institutions
• 459 Programmes submitted in total
• In future will need to ensure all Category A and B
quals are registered on HEQCIS
HEQCIS
• Purpose: Collecting student enrolment and
achievement data
• Submission of data from PHEIs used to populate
NLRD
• HEQCIS maintained by SAQA on behalf of CHE
• Three-part application / submission
 Edu.Dex License
 Complete Qualification Template / inform HEQCIS
 Upload Student Data according to specifications
HEQCIS (cont)
• PHEIs = required to submit to HEQCIS biannually
 15 June and 15 December
• CHE reports annually to DHET – which institutions
have submitted during each submission cycle (as per
req of NQF and HE Acts)
• Current cycle 16 June 2011 – 15 December 2011
HEQCIS (cont)
• Currently…
• 109 institutions are registered to use Edu.Dex
• 93 institutions have submitted qualification
templates
• 76 institutions have made one full data load,
whereas only 24 institutions have successfully loaded
for a second time
• 74 075 learners with 76 282 qualification uptake
results (18 862 achievements +50 431 enrolments) (a
further 6 989 were shown as de-enrolled)
HEQCIS (cont)
• Current cycle…(as of 19 December 2011)
• 32 institutions (i.e. 29% of all unique PHEIs) had
successfully submitted at least one full data load
• 30 864 learners with 31 897 qualification uptake
results (8 834 achievements + 21 189 enrolments) (a
further 1 874 were shown as de-enrolled).
 Every time an institution loads any data to the
HEQCIS, it submits its entire dataset.
Questions and comments?
Tamara Bezuidenhout
012 349 3934
[email protected] or
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