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    Delivery

    The provision of education by a TEO.

    Delivery site

    TEC-approved delivery site for a TEO's delivery.

    DFO

    Directly funded organisations that access the Industry Training Fund directly (not via a TEO).

    DFS

    Direct Funding Scheme.  The Industry Training Fund (ITF) allows employers with significant numbers of industry trainees, groups of employers, Group Training Schemes and current Modern Apprenticeship Co-ordinators selected by the TEC, to access the Industry Training Fund directly (not via an ITO).

    Direct

    A nationally registered, coherent set of learning outcomes and associated assessment criteria. Achievement standards are derived from the New Zealand Curriculum. 

    Direct Funding Scheme

    Allows employers to access the Industry Training Fund directly (not via an ITO). These employers have significant numbers of industry trainees, groups of employers, Group Training Schemes and current Modern Apprenticeship Coordinators.

    Directly-funded organisation

    Organisations that access the Industry Training Fund directly (not via an industry training organisation). These can be employers with significant numbers of industry trainees, groups of employers, Group Training Schemes and current Modern Apprenticeship Coordinators selected by the TEC.

    Disaggregation

    The process by which a qualification and its EFTS value is split into courses and their course EFTS factors, which are then allocated course classifications and funding categories to determine funding.

    Education Act 1989

    The Act and its subsequent amendments that reformed the administration of education in New Zealand. This has been replaced by the Education and Training Act 2020.

    Education and Training Act 2020

    The Education and Training Act 2020 came into effect on 1 August 2020. It incorporated and replaced the Education Acts 1964 and 1989 and implemented changes from the Education Work Programme. The Act repealed and replaced all major existing education and training legislation. It is intended to be simpler, more user-friendly and less prescriptive than the previous legislative framework.