CLT Introduction
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CLT Introduction |
Christian Life Training (CLT) is one of the most dynamic and rapidly growing educational institutions in South Africa. CLT was established in 1985 when training material was prepared and published for the church. A series of short courses were launched in 1990 to enable local churches country-wide to operate their own Bible Schools. We call these Tuition Centres.
Overwhelming acceptance by churches and denominations was shown when 200 Bible Schools with over 7,000 students were started in the first 40 months of introduction. We now have over 12,000 students.
In late 1998 courses were restructured, and finalized in 2003, to form our short course basis for pastoral ministry training (390 credits in total) and to train Bible School lecturers. These courses are credit banked through RPL into qualifications conferred by an e-Learning University and Colleges. Students intending to do post-graduate studies should contact the Calvary Academics mentor centre in order to plan their academic path and choose suitable academic courses.
In 1999, CLT lodged their registration as a Private Higher Educational Institution with SAQA which gave conditional accreditation for the B.Min degree in 2000. When legislation changed in 2003, CLT started offering short courses and stopped issuing whole programme certificates. Earned credits (however earned) are protected through RPL (by legislation). Accreditation is neither available nor required for short courses. Quality learning through contact mentoring is preferable and Biblical.
CLT, since August 2003, enjoys accreditation from Christian Quality Assurance (CQA), an international accreditation standard for higher educational institutions. However, we do not use this status to offer our own programmes for qualifications.
We have invited many other organizations to house their own CQA quality learning under our umbrella. The use of qualified academics has enabled us to be successful in its short course delivery and its post-graduate mentoring services.
The purpose of a Tuition Centre is to present and administer ministry courses (Mentored for a Certificate and Diploma) and in some cases to act as tutors to B.Min (Bachelor of Ministry) students, as well as directing M.Min and doctoral students directly to a suitable local or international University Faculty.
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Disclaimer: Christian Life Training in South Africa, does not offer any accredited programmes, only short courses that do not make up unit standards. These short courses formerly made up the content of those programmes that were accredited by SAQA from 2000 to 2003. Our Biblical mandate stems from the Great Commission. We operate on the Standards of Accreditation as laid down by CQA to assure quality learning. |