. Factors which contributed to lack of articulation included: different and non-aligned Quality Assurance systems between the different sub- systems, outdated and poorly designed curriculum and poor results in FET colleges, poor teaching and learning and funding challenges. . The Commission recommended the following steps to realise articulation: South African Qualifications Authority's (SAQA) Draft Policy on Articulation be distributed for comments and discussion by end of February 2013, SAQA's Revised Policy on Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) be circulated in March 2013, an audit be conducted on the work done around articulation, redesign the N4 - N6 part qualification in line with Higher Education Qualifications Committee (HEQC), the Research Conference on Articulation from 4 - 6 March 2013 to consolidate key challenges and strategies for articulation, a national task team to be convened to develop the draft implementation plan on articulation by September 2013 and the Department to analyse funding mechanism and change funding formula to support articulation. . The key areas of collaboration included; curriculum development to be responsive to articulation, two year FET foundation programme focusing on National Certificate (Vocational) NC(V) fundamentals, build on interaction and working groups already established between universities and FET institutions and participate in the policy development processes already underway. . Mechanism to give effect to articulation in terms of RPL between workplace and post school education and training included: publishing of the Ministerial Task Team RPL Strategy as soon as possible, decentralisation of RPL centres for easy access, equal status given to RPL graduates to avoid discrimination and develop coordinated strategy to ensure that learners received outstanding results and certificates as soon as possible.