TRIPLE E TRAINING HOLDINGS

The most powerful education body in South Africa, Umalusi is a statutory organization which monitors and improves the quality of general and further education and training in South Africa. Providers of education need Umalusi accreditation to ensure that their institution is financially viable, has the necessary resources, offers approved programs and in general has all the necessary criteria in place to offer good training and education in South Africa.

An Umalusi accreditation is significant, and demonstrates a commitment towards quality education for a quality future. It means that training institutes are perfectly positioned to contribute to the provisioning of FET for learners in the community.

In order for Umalusi to establish if your company or institution falls within its quality assurance scope, you are required to submit a letter of intent to Umalusi for its consideration. The letter of intent must be accompanied by a sworn declaration, to ensure that the information provided in the letter of intent is accurate.

Imalusi may conduct site visits during the period of provisional Umalusi accreditation, and retains the right to withdraw provisional accreditation should a provider not comply with the requirements!

Umalusi has a few key functions:

• Monitoring learner achievements, and issuing certificates.
• Evaluating whether providers of education and training have the capacity to deliver and assess qualifications and learning program and are doing so to expected standards of quality.
•  Monitoring the standards of qualifications and their associated curricula.

The solution to South Africa’s developmental problems lie in the hands of both the public sector and industry, because successful education initiatives will bring overwhelming benefit to the poor in South Africa through increased opportunity, employment and contribution to the economy. At Triple e Training Holdings, we play a huge role in training unskilled workers because we have already gained our provisional Umalusi accreditation in 2006 which means we add significant value in supporting economic growth and development.

Reading, writing and mathematics are all tools that are needed for citizenship and entry into employment and more specialized fields later in life. Of those who enter the formal sector, more and more are finding that opportunities are opening up to learn at work, and adult basic education’s SETA’s report that millions of workers participate in structured learning.

Of those who are learning at work, thousands are engaged in Adult Basic Education and Training – in other words catching up on what they missed out from the Apartheid years. Not only that, thousands are enrolled in public sector Adult Education Centres, giving previously disadvantaged people the opportunity to skills development and adult learning.

There are many benefits to adult basic education:

• is outcomes-based;
• has a distinct South African flavour;
• teaches computer skills, communications, numeracy, life orientation, technology and more;
• focuses on the holistic development of learners;
• is flexible enough to work within any learning environment alongside a competent and
• dedicated facilitator;
• incorporates life skills in all the learning material; and relates to learner’s everyday lives

There is a thirst amongst illiterate workers to learn, and to build a better life. A key challenge remains to support existing and new businesses, and at Triple E, we have a responsibility to ensure that ABET training is available nationally, to employees in all sectors.

Adult basic education belongs in the workplace, it requires flexibility and a long term commitment to allow the company to meet its production targets. A literate worker will probably produce the same level of work as an illiterate worker when performing a menial job; the difference is that a literate worker is now trainable.

Should you be interested in enrolling your staff in training that will improve their productivity and skills, do not hesitate to contact us. Adult basic education is about redressing South Africa’s widespread illiteracy and ensuring that learning takes place wherever you are.