Education Sector Logon (ESL)

An identity management, authentication, authorisation and single sign-on service for the education sector. Allows you to access our systems: Workspace 2, Ngā Kete, Qlik, ITR and the Assessment Tool. Previously known as "Education Sector Authentication and Authorisation" or “ESAA”.

Educational performance indicator (EPI)

A group of performance indicators that give a view of how well tertiary providers are helping their students to achieve.   They show how many students progress and stay in study, and how many courses and qualifications are completed.

Educational Performance Indicator Commitments (EPICs)

A group of performance indicators that give a view of how well tertiary providers are helping their students to achieve.   They show how many students progress and stay in study, and how many courses and qualifications are completed.

EDUMIS

A unique identifier assigned to each educational body (including TEOs, schools, early childhood centres, etc).  

Ee2e

Engineering Education to Employment programme was set up in June 2014 to help facilitate the goal of increasing engineering graduates by 500+ per annum by 2017.

EFM

English for Migrants.  This programme enables migrants to participate in English Language courses, helping them settle into communities and work.

EFTS

Equivalent full-time student (EFTS) is a measure of consumption of education (or the size of a qualification in relation to workload).

One EFTS unit is defined as the learner workload that would normally be carried out in a single academic year (12-month period) by a learner enrolled full-time, and generally equates to 120 credits on the New Zealand Qualifications and Credentials Framework (NZQCF).

ELT

The Executive Leadership Team is the Senior Management Team which includes the Chief Executive, the Deputy Chief Executives and the Chief Advisor Māori (first and second tier managers).

Emergency Management (ACE)

Supports civil defence, emergency management and fire fighting volunteers to acquire the skills and accreditation they need.

Engineering e2e

Programme to increase engineering graduates by 500 per annum by 2017.  This partnership includes the TEC, institutes of technology and polytechnics, Business NZ, the Institution of Professional Engineers (IPENZ) and a number of other organisations.