Acronyms

Acronyms for the tertiary education sector can be confusing, especially for those new to the sector.  Check out the list below if you’re in the dark!

ACE Adult and Community Education

AFML

Annual Fee Movement Limit
EFTS Equivalent Full-Time Student
ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages
FCCM

Fee/ Course Costs Maxima policy

ITOs

Industry Training Organisations

ITPs

Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics

KPI Key Performance Indicator
LLN  Literacy, Language and Numeracy
MACs Modern Apprenticeships Co-ordinators
NCEA National Certificate of Educational Achievement
NQF National Qualifications Framework
NZQA New Zealand Qualifications Authority
OTEPs Other Tertiary Education Providers
PBRF Performance-Based Research Fund
PFIL Postgraduate Fee Increase Limit

PPBG

Public Provider Base Grant
PTEs Private Training Establishments
REAPs Rural Education Activities Programme providers
SAC Student Achievement Component fund
SDR Single Data Return
STEO Services for Tertiary Education Organisations website

STMs 

Standard Training Measures
TEIs Tertiary Education Institutions (universities, ITPs and wānanga)
TEOC Tertiary Education Organisation Component fund
TEOs Tertiary Education Organisations
TES Tertiary Education Strategy
  • Last changed: 3 December 2009
  • Last verified: 3 December 2009