Groener, ZeldaHector, Natascha2021-09-062024-05-282021-09-062024-05-282021https://hdl.handle.net/10566/15445Magister Educationis (Adult Learning and Global Change) - MEd(AL)This paper focuses on an investigation into adult students, experiences related to access, barriers to participation and success at a TVET college in the Western Cape. Through recognition of prior learning (RPL) many adult students have gained access to TVET colleges to obtain a qualification as educare practitioners. Many educare practitioners have worked in the ECD field for many years without a qualification. RPL provides an opportunity for these practitioners to upskill themselves and more importantly uplift themselves, giving them hope for a better future. The RPL offers adult students hope of advancement amidst challenging circumstances experienced in the past, thereby changing the tide in the latter years of their lives.enAdult learningTVET collegeWestern CapeEducare practitionersFamily responsibilitiesUniversity of Western Cape