Mafu Rakometsi

Chief Executive Officer, Umalusi

Mafu Rakometsi is Chief Executive Officer of Umalusi, in the role since 2009.

Umalusi is the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training, which certifies and quality assures school-leaving and technical qualifications. Rakometsi is also president of the International Association for Educational Assessment.

In the job

  1. Umalusi's CEO presented the council's overview of the 2025 end-of-year national assessments and examinations in Pretoria. Source

  2. The Minister of Basic Education appointed the seventh Umalusi Council, with the CEO as an ex officio member, for a term to June 2030. Source

Career before

  1. from 1983Secondary school teacher, Rearabetswe, Odendaalsrus
  2. Senior lecturer and head of department, Tshiya College of Education
  3. Head of subject advisory services, Welkom education district
  4. Head of Examinations, North West Department of Education
  5. Director and chief director, then Superintendent-General: Education, Free State Department of Education
  6. 2014-2015President, Association for Educational Assessment in Africa

Education

BA in History and Education (1986) and BA Honours (1988), University of the North; MA in History, University of Natal (1991); PhD in History, University of the Free State (2008)

Sources

  1. gov.za
  2. ufs.ac.za
  3. ufs.ac.za
  4. gov.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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