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    Plan summary

    Organisations with Plans must make summaries available to the public.  Summaries include the matters we have prescribed under Schedule 18, clause 24 of the Education and Training Act 2020.

    Pre-purchased English Language Tuition

    This programme enables migrants to participate in English language courses, helping them settle into communities and work.  Some migrants are required to pre-pay English Language Tuition (PELT) fees to Immigration New Zealand before arriving in New Zealand.  We administer this pre-purchased tuition.

    Private training establishments (PTEs)

    Private training establishments (PTEs) deliver foundation level programmes and qualifications up to higher level postgraduate qualifications, depending on their educational subject areas. PTEs are diverse in terms of mission, scale of operation, location, culture and educational subject area.

    Programme completion

    This indicator measures the number of programmes being completed by trainees, as a proportion of the total number of credits arranged at each TEO.

    Provision

    Education or learning provided by a tertiary education organisation.

    PTE

    Private training establishment (PTEs) deliver foundation level programmes and qualifications up to higher level postgraduate qualifications, depending on their educational subject areas.

    PTEs

    Private training establishment (PTEs) deliver foundation level programmes and qualifications up to higher level postgraduate qualifications, depending on their educational subject areas.

    Pūtaiao

    Science.

    QA

    Quality assurance. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority is the body primarily responsible for quality assurance matters in the tertiary education sector.

    Quality Assurance

    The New Zealand Qualifications Authority has overall national responsibility for the approval, accreditation and registration of tertiary education organisations (other than universities) and the programmes they provide. Universities New Zealand is responsible for the approval and quality assurance of university qualifications.