Independent Short Course Accreditation Association
Membership of ISCAA is open for any course developer and it is FREE. You will however be required to assess material from other developers, given the creteria set down by the association, the developers themselves.
This way, the developers contribute by using their skills and education towards establishing a recognised body of accreditation world wide.
How to become a member:
Contact us to obtain a registration form
  • Fill out the registration form
  • Submit your course that you want accredited with the registration
    • Rules for registration:
    Only one course can be submitted with the registration form.
  • Course must be in Acrobat reader (pdf) format
  • After final acceptance and accreditation, other courses can be submitted one at a time waiting for accreditation.
  • Each course submitted for accreditation must be accompanied by its own submission form
    • All members adhere to the principles of integrity and fair conduct, giving all members an equal chance to obtain maximum credits.
    Benefits for the members are:
    Acknowledgement of course material by a great number of people and organizations
  • High quality Certificates with ISCAA seal of accreditation.
  • Recognition of their courses adding value to the community
  • Less chance for fraud or misuse of material for personal gain
  • Protection against unauthorized use
  • Support from other developers
  • Newsletters with relevant educational information
  • A body of professionals working towards accreditation for all courses at Acknowledged and Respected International and local institutions
  • Financial benefit from assessing other course material
    • Administration of the association is done from a central location.
    All correspondence are via e-mail and all courses submitted are done so electronically.
    Processing of new members
  • Cataloging of all courses being accredited
  • Distribution of courses submitted for accreditation to appropriate members
  • logging of all students that registers for ISCAA accredited courses
  • Processing of newly accredited courses into the credits system
  • Newsletters to members containing articles of relevance and important information on members and courses available
  • Organising of outreaches to disadvantaged communities
  • Informing the public of the courses available with ISCAA accreditation and contact detail should they be interested in doing a course
  • Public awareness campaigns
  • Cataloging all schools that offer ISCAA accredited courses
  • Printing and distribution of certificates with the ISCAA seal
    • Accreditation by ISCAA takes several steps to complete:
    Courses received for accreditation are cataloged according to categories, these categories include for e.g.:
    Field of study e.g.. Religion, Management or Health etc.
  • Subfields of study: Workshop management or, Financial Management or Theology, Ministry etc.
  • Selfstudy or lectured classes
    • These courses are allocated to other developers that know how to assess a course.A Waiting period of at least six months follows to enable them to do proper assessment.(At this stage it is worthy to note that should a developer not wish to wait that long for a course to be assessed, an assessment fee can be paid to have the course assessed by a professional assessor approved by ISCAA. These assessors are usually SAQA Qualified Assessors or registered teachers and curriculum developers. These assessment fees are available on request)
    After receipt of the course from the assessors, it is again checked with the catalog and reassigned if necessary. Credits are assigned according to the assessment report and the course is logged as ACCREDITED
    The developer is notified and the course code and credit rating are supplied to the developer.
    The developer supplies ISCAA with a soft copy of their certificate that are used to add the ISCAA seal to the design by our professional Graphic artist.  These certificates are then requested from us by the developer as students finish their studies. Should the developer not have a suitable certificate, ISCAA can design a professional looking certificate to add to your professional service.