Competency based training and national qualifications frameworks: Insights from south africa

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-79

  Parker, Ben ^a   Walters, Shirley ^b  

^a South African Qualifications Authority   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Competency based training; Lifelong learning; National qualification frameworks; Outcomes based education; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 63149141475     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03025827     Document Type: Article

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