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About education organisations

An education organisation can be any provider supplying education and/or training and/or assessment services to learners. A wide range of courses and qualifications are offered in New Zealand. Read more »

Registration and accreditation

Registration and accreditation define NZQA's quality requirements for providers and the courses they provide. Read more »

• Registration of a new provider »
• Student fee protection »
• Maintaining registration »
• Self-assessment »
• External evaluation & review »
• Incentives and sanctions following external evaluation and review »

• Consent to assess »
• Programme approval and provider accreditation »
• Degree approval, accreditation and monitoring »
• Secondary school consent to assess »
• Course closures »
• PTE changes »

Assessment and moderation

• Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs) »
• Managing national assessment in schools »
• Moderation of NZ Diploma in Business »

• Tertiary moderation »
• Assessment of standards »

Development of assessment standards

• Quality assurance and listing of unit standards »
• Quality assurance and approval of CMRs »

• Additions and changes to the classification system »
• Listing of Australian units of competency »

Development of NZ Diploma in Business Prescriptions

• Evaluation criteria for NZDipBus prescriptions »

Reporting to NZQA

Providers are required to report information to NZQA to ensure that records of learner achievement are maintained. Read more »

Quality assurance of ITPs

Institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs) are government owned tertiary education organisations. Read more »