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Quality Assurance (including External Evaluation and Review (EER)) Rules 2022
4.1. Interpretation
In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires:
Act means the Education and Training Act 2020
assessment materials means the assessment tasks, instructions and guidance given to students, the assessed student evidence, and the resources used by the assessor to make judgements about students’ performance
Category 1 institution is an institution of the kind described in rule 11.1(a)
Category 2 institution is an institution of the kind described in rule 11.1(b)
Category 3 institution is an institution of the kind described in rule 11.1(c)
Category 4 institution is an institution of the kind described in rule 11.1(d)
Category withdrawn institution is an institution of the kind described in rule 11.1(e)
EER means external evaluation and review as described in rules 5.1 to 5.4
institution includes Te Pūkenga—New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology, wānanga, government training establishments, and registered establishments
micro-credential has the same meaning as in section 10(1) of the Act
NZQA means the New Zealand Qualifications Authority
NZQCF means the Qualifications and Credentials Framework described in section 436 of the Act
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, micro-credential approval, accreditation to provide an approved programme or micro-credential, 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, and includes any of its subsidiaries that provide education or training or both.