Accountability

OTEPs must meet any accountability and reporting requirements specified under the relevant legislation, our funding information, or any funding agreement with us.

General accountability and reporting requirements for OTEPs are specified in Condition MOR009, Rule MOR109 and Condition MOR003[1].

Rule MOR106[2] records the situations where TEO[3]s must contact us.

OTEPs must also contact us and/or NZQA in situations of change of ownership as required by Rule MOR110.   

 

 

• [1]

  Condition MOR003: Monitoring - non-TEI information requirements

  In relation to monitoring, private training establishments, rural education activities programmes, and schools must do all the following:

  • Make available any financial reports, statistical or other information necessary to demonstrate compliance with any condition attached to any funding, at the request of the TEC*
  • Inform learners when they enrol that their records may be accessed for monitoring and evaluative purposes
  • Co-operate with the TEC and provide access to their premises, employees and the information they hold, for the purposes of monitoring.

   

  *Note: This may include information about learner enrolment records, attendance and academic records.
  

• [2]

  Condition MOR106: Notification of changes in circumstances

  Tertiary education organisations (TEOs) must contact the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) in the following situations:

  • Any loss or damage to records that might affect the TEC’s ability to audit the TEO
  • Changes in circumstances that may impact on funding eligibility
  • Change in circumstances that may affect the TEO's ability to meet the conditions of the Investment Plan agreed with the TEC or the eligibility criteria or conditions related to funding.
• [3]

  Tertiary education organisation (TEO)