EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM REGULATIONS 2017 - SCHEDULE 9
EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM REGULATIONS 2017 - SCHEDULE 9
Schedule 9—Minimum standards for registration to award, confer or issue a registered senior secondary qualification or a registered foundation secondary qualification
1 Quality assurance
A senior secondary awarding body or a foundation secondary awarding body must—
(a) ensure that it has processes in place to develop courses designed to be normally undertaken in the school years 11 and 12 that are accredited by the Authority under Part 4.4 of the Act; and
(b) have arrangements in place to ensure access and equality of opportunity to, while safeguarding the integrity of, the qualification; and
(c) ensure that the registered qualification is awarded, conferred or issued in an accurate and timely manner; and
(d) have policies, criteria and standards for the curriculum and assessments of the registered qualification; and
(e) oversee the delivery of the conduct of assessments for the registered qualification; and
(f) have quality assurance, review and evaluation processes in place that enable—
(i) annual evaluation of delivery of the course; and
(ii) proper evaluation of the curriculum and assessments; and
(g) have assessment frameworks, policies, criteria and standards in relation to teaching, learning and assessment that are valid, reliable and fair.
2 Student records
A senior secondary awarding body or a foundation secondary awarding body must—
(a) ensure that—
(i) records of student enrolment, certification and assessment are maintained by it or by the registered provider of the accredited senior secondary course or the accredited foundation secondary course (as the case requires); and
(ii) a copy of the record of student assessment is provided to the student on request or to a person authorised by the student to receive it; and
(b) have procedures to maintain and provide student records and results to the Authority upon its request; and
(c) monitor patterns of student participation and completion rates, and the quality of outcomes of students in the registered senior secondary qualification or the registered foundation secondary qualification (as the case requires); and
(d) undertake an annual analysis (that is made publicly available) of student participation and completion rates and outcomes; and
(e) advise registered providers of the accredited senior secondary course or the accredited foundation secondary course (as the case requires) and the Authority annually about patterns of participation and quality of outcomes.
3 Governance and probity
The governance and management of a senior secondary awarding body or a foundation secondary awarding body must be structured to enable the body to effectively—
(a) develop and review courses and curriculum; and
(b) manage assessment processes; and
(c) develop accurate systems for the management of student records.
4 Policies and procedures
A senior secondary awarding body or a foundation secondary awarding body must have suitable procedures in place to—
(a) enable the body to respond to and supply any information requested by the Authority in regard to matters listed in section 4.3.11(2) of the Act; and
(b) enable the body to comply with any guidelines issued by the Authority under section 4.3.11(3) of the Act.
5 Investigations
A senior secondary awarding body or a foundation secondary awarding body must—
(a) conduct investigations and hearings and, if necessary, amend or cancel assessments; and
(b) have arrangements in place to enable the Authority to conduct an audit in relation to the minimum standards.
6 Registered provider to award qualification
If the senior secondary awarding body or a foundation secondary awarding body is not the owner of the registered qualification, the awarding body must satisfy the Authority that it will comply with all of the requirements of the owner of the qualification.