Recognition of Prior Learning

Recognition of Prior Learning is the identification, assessment and acknowledgement of an individual's skills and knowledge within the context of a specific qualification.

UNISA conducts all the required Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) on behalf of the IOB.  UNISA communicates RPL as recognition of prior learning is as the name implies: the identification, assessment and acknowledgement of an individual's skills and knowledge within the context of a specific qualification, irrespective of how and where they have been acquired.  PRL is the acknowledgment of skills, competencies, knowledge and work ethos obtained through the various training interventions and measured against specified learning outcomes.  The training interventions could include:

• Informal training
• On-the-job experience
• Life experience
• Formal training, e.g.: short courses