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

AMFM

Annual Maximum Fee Movement
EFTS Equivalent Full-Time Student
EPI Education Performance Indicator
ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages
FFTO Foundation Focused Training Opportunities
ILN Intensive Literacy and Numeracy
ITOs

Industry Training Organisations

ITPs

Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics

ITR Industry Training Register
LLN  Literacy, Language and Numeracy
MACs Modern Apprenticeships Co-ordinators
NCEA National Certificate of Educational Achievement
NZQF New Zealand Qualifications Framework
NZQA New Zealand Qualifications Authority
OTEPs Other Tertiary Education Providers (now referred to as PTEs)
PBRF Performance-Based Research Fund
PTEs Private Training Establishments
PLF Performance Linked Funding
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)
TEOs Tertiary Education Organisations
TES Tertiary Education Strategy
WPL Workplace Literacy
YG Youth Guarantee
  • Last changed: 3 December 2009
  • Last verified: 3 December 2009