What you should do
- Complete the application form, SACE application form.
- Submit the following:
- certified copies of your qualifications and academic transcripts
- certified copy of your identity document
- certified cop of your marriage certificate (if applicable)
- registration fee.
Non-South African citizens:
If you are a non-South African citizen, you must submit your qualifications and academic transcripts to your provincial education department. The provincial department will submit your documents to the Section dealing with Evaluation of Educator Qualifications and Programmes in the Department of Higher Education and Training.
You must also submit the following:
- an evaluation report of your qualifications from SAQA or
- an evaluation report of your qualification for employment in education from the National DHET: Educator Qualifications and Programmes section
- proof of employment or pending employment by a school in South Africa
- letter of good ethical and/or professional standing from Council for Educators or Department of Education in your country of origin. The letter should be on a letterhead, stamped, signed and not be more than a year old when submitted to SACE
- proof of legal entry into South Africa. This could be a passport and visa, asylum seekers or refugees permit (permits must be valid when submitted).
As soon as the evaluation process has been completed an evaluation certificate will be issued to the provincial department of education where you submitted your document. They will inform you in writting on the outcome of your application.
