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About the Quality Assurance Division

This section answers these questions:

What does the Quality Assurance Division do?

The Quality Assurance Division (QAD) of NZQA provides assurance to the Crown, the NZQA Board, learners and other stakeholders of New Zealand by quality assuring national standards, qualifications, courses and tertiary education organisations (TEOs).

The Quality Assurance Division is responsible for:

  • maintaining the integrity of the Register of Quality Assured Qualifications (the Register)
  • registration of private training establishments
  • quality assurance of TEOs (exclusive of universities)
  • course approval and accreditation
  • quality assurance of the National Qualifications Framework.

Structure of the Quality Assurance Division