Quality Assurance Division

The Quality Assurance Division of NZQA is responsible for:

• setting and gazetting criteria for course approval and accreditation in the tertiary sector
• registering Private Training Establishments (PTEs)
• accrediting and quality assuring Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics, PTEs, Government Training Establishments (GTEs), wänanga and Industry Training Organisations (ITOs)
• approving all courses and qualifications developed by Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (including all postgraduate courses), PTEs, GTEs and wänanga
• registering and quality assuring standards and national qualifications as part of the Directory of Assessment Standards
• administering the New Zealand Qualifications Framework
• overarching quality assurance projects.

Teams within the Quality Assurance Division include:

• Service Support (operational support, sector relationships, strategic relationship Māori)
• External Evaluation and Review
• Service Delivery (registration; approval of courses, qualifications and standards; accreditation)
• Risk and Compliance