1. New Developments for the HEQCIS and the NLRD
Yvonne Shapiro
Director, NLRD (SAQA)
Cape Town, March 2016

2. Health and Functioning Codes
Overview
Optional: Changes to Application Form
Recommended: Changes to Information System
Compulsory: Format of data extracts for HEQCIS

3. Existing “Disability” Codes
Description 1
Sight (even with glasses)
N - was 1
None now - was Sight 2
Hearing (even with h. aid)
N - was 2
None now - was Hearing 3
Communication(talk/listen)
N - was 3
None now - was Communic 4
Physical (move/stand etc)
N - was 4
None now - was Physical 5
Intellectual (learn etc)
N - was 5
None now - was Intellect 6
Emotional (behav/psych)
N - was 6
None now - was Emotional 7
Multiple
N - was 7
None now - was Multiple 9
Disabled but unspecified
N - was 9
None now - was Disabled US
Until now, it has only been possible to pick one of these

4. Also allowed:
7 = May be part of multiple difficulties (TBC)
8 = May have difficulty (TBC)
9 = Former difficulty - none now

5. For the NLRD and HEQCIS:
Field Name
Field Value:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 (or 7, 8 or 9)
for each
Seeing_Rating_Id:
Hearing_Rating_Id:
Communicating_Rating_Id:
Walking_Rating_Id:
Remembering_Rating_Id:
Selfcare_Rating_Id:
Six fields of two digits each, at the end of the Person table

6. Example

7. New Tables and Fields, especially Staff Data
Reason for inclusion
Optional aspects
Compulsory aspects
Timing: Started 11 August After 11 August:
UNINSTALL Edu.Dex Version 2.14
INSTALL Edu.Dex Version 2.15
If you used version 2.14 after 11 August, your submission was rejected

8. Compliance Letters
December Status is now calculated over the whole year:

9. Current HEQCIS League Table

10. Qualification Template
Matching the DHET Information
“Legacy” Qualifications
Validations
Reason for “Site Data”

11. Occupational Certificate (Level 8)

12. Qualifications & Part- Qualifications
Qualifications & Part- Qualifications
Professional Bodies & Professional Designations

13. HEQCIS and NLRD Facts and Figures

14. Current Numbers recorded on the HEQCIS
Private Higher Providers
Qualifications (including replacements)
Individual learners and their achievements
Number of Accredited Providers on the NLRD:
Total Number of Learners on the NLRD: 16 million

15. HEQCIS Increase per Year (Cumulative)

16. Sample Statistics for a Provider

17. The utility for PHEIs to produce such graphs for themselves has now been set up

18. Most Frequent Public/Private Patterns

19. Qualification Achievements via Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) by NQF Level and Field
Domestic Service; Business Practice
Contact Centre; Business Admin
Real Estate

20. NLRD Verification Statistics
The percentage of fraud from 1 October 2009 (when recording began) to 31 March 2015 was 0.9% of all PEOPLE whose qualifications were submitted for pre-appointment verification and for which a definitive “Yes” or “No” response could be found, and 0.6% of all RECORDS submitted for pre-appointment verification and for which a definitive “Yes” or “No” response could be found.
A record is defined as one qualification for one person. Thus, if five qualifications must be verified for one person, then the number of people is one and the number of records is five.

21. HEQCIS Staff and Contact details
Lerato Matubatuba (HEQCIS Manager)
Nontutu Baartman (HEQCIS Assistant Manager)
Supported by:
Yvonne Shapiro (NLRD Director)
NLRD Data Managers and Data Analysts
CHE website contains templates and information, including Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

22. Thank you