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Many South Africans lack the skills to enable them to improve their level of education. The Mining Qualifications Authority and MERSETA endeavour to change the lives of these people by providing them with basic education that will give them skills to allow them access to further education and self development. Employers within the industry can register with MERSETA and apply for funding to assist in this education. The Adult Basic Education and Training programme is the preferred means of providing basic education to illiterate or under educated individuals. Employees will be assessed to find out their current level of skills and training and skills development will begin at the appropriate level.

The Abet NQF-1 qualification is aimed at the mining sector and providing basic education to labourers who are illiterate and have received little to no education. The purpose of mining qualifications is to give employees basic maths skills and a simple knowledge of scientific principles that THEY will need to deal with in their working lives. The qualification will also enable them to have a better understanding of safety issue within the mining industry. Basic communication skills as well as life orientation will be taught to the learners so that they will be able to function better within their personal lives and working environments.

South Africa controls the majority of the world’s mineral wealth—90% of its platinum, 80% of its manganese, and half of its gold. The nation’s legendary diamond mines rank fourth among the world’s producers. Mining has always driven the South African economy and mineral exports are crucial to the country’s sustained economic growth. More than 450 000 people mine South Africa ’s minerals and nearly half-a-million more workers provide goods and services for the mining industry. The MQA is a SETA that works specifically to administer as well as assess ABET programs for miners and workers in mining’s allied industries. MQA boasts one of the highest retention and graduation rates among the nation’s SETAs. Developing English-language and mathematics skills, miners have emerged from Earth’s dark caverns to take places among the industry’s leaders because of standards administered in education in the mining industry by MQA.