OUTCOMES-BASED ASSESSMENT: NECESSARY EVIL OR TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL
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https://doi.org/10.15270/45-1-225Abstract
Social work educational providers at higher educational institutions (HEIs) in South Africahave been obliged since 2008 to engage with the South African Qualifications Authority’s
(SAQA’s) qualification of the Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), which was registered in June
2003 in the National Qualifications Framework (NQF). In February 2004 the South African
Social Service Professions Council (SACSSP) wrote a letter to all social work educational
providers requesting them to benchmark their current curriculum against the new minimum
standard requirements of the BSW on a template. Furthermore, providers of social work
education and training had to indicate how they would change their current learning
programmes to accommodate the minimum standards, which encompass 27 exit-level
outcomes and their associated assessment criteria. Providers had until June 2006 to comply
with the requirements of the new BSW qualification and had to start implementation of the
learning programme in January 2007.
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