ABET training centres do not only cater for company employees. The listings here welcome individuals wishing to learn through ABET. To view listings by province, click here.
How to register with an AET (ABET) centre
Anyone who did not complete mainstream schooling, and wants to attain qualifications in a flexible environment, may register with any AET centre. The AET centres may give you placement tests to determine whether you are at AET level one, two or three.
Adult Education Institute
They offer ABET levels 1 to 4 by distance learning.
Asifunde Beginner Literacy Course
The project developed a basic literacy course for adults, in isiZulu and in Sesotho sa Leboa (Pedi/Northern Sotho)The Asifunde! materials consist of a Learners Workbook (Zulu and Northern Sotho versions), a writing book for learners who need extra practice, an Educator’s Guide (in Zulu, Pedi/Northern Sotho and English versions), a set of placement tests, an Educator’s Course, a Co-ordinator’s Course, a set of administration forms and a set of ten readers in each of the languages.The Learner’s Workbook is designed for learners to work through at their own pace and to take them from their first encounter with print in their mother tongue to a point where they can use newly developed literacy skills in a range of situations outside the classroom. It includes exercises in which the use of the literacy and numeracy skills they have learnt is simulated in a range of everyday contexts such as reading notices, writing letters, completing forms, comparing prices and resisting being coerced into signing a detrimental agreement.The Educator’s Guide does not assume expertise on the part of educators and offers step by step instructions for every page in the Learner’s Workbook. Both the Learner’s Workbook and the Educator’s Guide are copyright free for non-profit purposes.
College SA
College SA is a registered and fully accredited South African private college that provides occupational education and skills training for adult learners and organisations. Their products include accredited qualifications (occupational certificates, learnerships, and AET courses), industry certifications (CIMA, NEBOSH, CompTIA, PMI, etc.), and adult short courses. They are a licensed Skillsoft distributor in Southern Africa, giving learners access to globally recognised certifications (Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, etc.).
Kaleidoprax
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MTech Training Consultants
M TECH TRAINING CONSULTANTS has a mission to provide the highest quality,effective, practical education and training to all learners at a cost effective fee structure, in a conductive atmosphere. We also aim to achieve Standards and Qualifications registered on the NQF. They offer vocational courses
Umalusi Accredited Programmes
ABET Level 1-4
Economic Management
Life Orientation
Human and Social Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
Technology
Arts and Culture
Mustadafin Foundation
Mustadafin Foundation has committed itself to collaborative forms of education starting with early childhood development centres, branching out into madrassa schools and coming full circle with adult education that includes both literacy and skills training. It’s important to the organization that people become self-sufficient and self-reliant. We support education by establishing of educare centres, dispensing bursaries, conducting adult literacy programs, training preschool teachers, managing Islamic education centres and more.
Novalis Ubuntu
The Novalis Ubuntu Institute in Cape Town, South Africa is a non-profit organization committed to acknowledging, honouring and nurturing the unique gifts, talents and inner resources of each individual. Our Holistic Adult Education Programme combines Steiner education principles with Ubuntu, the universal spiritual values embraced in African philosophy.
Operation Upgrade (Please note: on the 30th November 2025, this website was not accessible)
Operation Upgrade, the oldest nongovernmental literacy organisation in South Africa, battles the problems of poverty, malnutrition, and HIV/AIDS through literacy development. Operation Upgrade’s growing network of trained community facilitators works with the poorest and most marginalized of people in South African society. Operation Upgrade’s mission is to assist social change and development in South Africa through the support and provision of adult literacy and adult basic education and training. We work mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, the home of the Zulu people, although we will train literacy educators in other provinces. In KwaZulu-Natal adult illiteracy is high and HIV and AIDS are prevalent.
The UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy was awarded to Operation Upgrade of South Africa, for the “KwaNibela Project”, and continues the Organisation’s 40-year history of commitment and change.
Project Literacy
Project Literacy was established in 1973 to address the needs of illiterate and semi-literate adults in South Africa and has more than 30 years of experience in ABET provision. Today Project Literacy is a well-established and highly respected non-governmental organisation (NGO) with experts in the provision of a wide range of Education and Training programmes. With it’s headquarters in Pretoria, Project Literacy’s programmes reach adult learners nation-wide through offices in every province.
Siyaloba Training Academy
In addition to the marine courses, Siyaloba also provides the ABET (Adult Basic Education and Training) course, which is the equivalent to a grade 9 qualification. ABET learning is both numeracy and Literacy based and is done through multimedia learning with material provided by Media Works. There are four levels to complete with total duration being on average six months for both the Numeracy and literacy levels combined. . Upon completion of a level and presentation of a Portfolio of Evidence, learners receive a nationally recognised certificate. Situated in Port Elizabeth.
Sizanani ABET Career Solutions
Sizanani ABET Career Solutions provide education and training at various levels. Their products and services are underpinned by ISO 9001, UMALUSI and supporting SETA’s. They offer training in …
- ABET Level 1-4
- Literacy Training of Unemployed individuals and disabled from local communities
- Incorporation of life skills programmes
- Foundational Learning Competence
… as well as Women in mining courses, portable skills and household informal training, Management Business & Productivity skills and many more.
St Francis Radical Learning Academy
St Francis has been a night school for adults for over thirty years. Over that time some 70000 adult learners have been able to access low cost education and skills training programmes. St Francis Radical Learning Academy is currently a day school providing a quality service to many learners annually sitting for their NSC examinations. We pride in our proffessional staff of well over 15 educators. The Academy focuses on students who matriculated in the years 2014 to 2020 that want to improve their subjects for various reasons.
Umalusi Accredited Providers
Accredited providers of FET and ABET training.
Wise Eye Reading Academy
The Wise Eye Reading Programme establishes a strong foundation for reading by developing all the sub-skills needed to read effectively. Wise Eye Reading Academy’s vision is to help readers achieve the end goal in reading, namely to achieve optimal reading speed with comprehension.
Wise Eye Reading Academy focuses on the following:
- Comprehension
- Effective eye muscle movement;
- Vocabulary
- Fluency while reading, which increases reading speed