Designing a first qualification in land administration in South Africa using the principles of outcomes-based education
Landman, J.C.
With the introduction of a new government in South Africa in 1994, the country embarked on a programme of land reform, and currently the process of dealing with the issues of Land Redistribution, Land Restitution and Tenure Reform is underway. In a recent development, the State President signed the Communal Land Rights Act (Act 11 of 2004). This Act makes provision for, amongst other things, legal security of tenure by transferring communal land to communities and individual members of such communities. To facilitate land reform, capacity building learning programmes to equip a range of people to undertake various levels of land administration will have to be developed. In the field of education the country saw a complete break from the system of content-based education and competency based training, to one of outcomes-based education and training. One of the major steps in the operation of an outcomes-based system of education or training is putting the process into manageable units of learning, referred to as Unit Standards by the South African Qualifications Authority. These Unit Standards are usually tied to individual skills or clusters of skills that have been identified by some form of narrow consultation with stakeholders, also referred to as an Outcomes Analysis, and can be done in a variety of ways. Some unit standards in land administration were developed, and clustered with unit standards which were developed for other qualifications, into a first qualification in Land Administration. This qualification is in the finalisation stage and this paper will discuss the curriculum development process which started with an outcomes analysis, and which eventually culminated in the learning outcomes which were used in designing the Unit Standards making up this qualification.
Event: 5th FIG Regional Conference for Africa : Promoting Land Administration and Good Governance
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