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Quality Assurance (including External Evaluation and Review (EER)) Rules 2021
4.1 Interpretation
In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires:
Act means the Education and Training Act 2020
Category 1 institution or transitional ITO is an institution or transitional ITO of the kind described in rule 11.1(a)
Category 2 institution or transitional ITO is an institution or transitional ITO of the kind described in rule 11.1(b)
Category 3 institution or transitional ITO is an institution or transitional ITO of the kind described in rule 11.1(c)
Category 4 institution or transitional ITO is an institution or transitional ITO of the kind described in rule 11.1(d)
Category withdrawn institution or transitional ITO is an institution or transitional ITO of the kind described in rule 11.1(e)
EER means external evaluation and review as described in rules 5.1 to 5.6
former ITO has the same meaning as in clause 42(1) of Schedule 1 of the Act
institution includes Te Pūkenga—New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology, a Te Pūkenga—New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology subsidiary, wānanga, government training establishments, and registered establishments
NZQA means the New Zealand Qualifications Authority
NZQF means the New Zealand Qualifications Framework
PTE means a registered establishment
registered establishment has the same meaning as in section 10(1) of the Act
statement of confidence means one of the following levels of confidence in educational performance and in organisational capability in self-assessment (with its Te Hono o Te Kahurangi quality assurance for EER equivalent in parenthesis):
- Highly Confident (He pounamu kahurangi):
- Confident (He pounamu whakairo):
- Not Yet Confident (He pounamu hukihuki):
- Not Confident (He pounamu)
statutory permission includes Code signatory status, programme approval, accreditation, training scheme approval, and consent to assess against standards
student includes learners and trainees
Te Hono o Te Kahurangi quality assurance means applying Te Hono o Te Kahurangi whare ako framework and quality assurance tools for the purposes of EER, as that framework and those tools are published from time to time by NZQA on its website
Te Pūkenga—New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology means the institute continued by section 314 of the Act
Te Pūkenga—New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology subsidiary means a Crown entity subsidiary of Te Pūkenga—New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology subsidiary that provides education or training or both
transitional ITO means a transitional ITO as defined in clause 42(1) of Schedule 1 of the Act.