Rule SAC059: EFTS value of qualifications - full-year qualifications

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Rule or condition

When a qualification, up to and including New Zealand Qualifications Framework level 7, comprises a full teaching year of between 34 and 52 weeks, it has an Equivalent Full-Time Student (EFTS) value of one unit, unless the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) has approved an exception to this limit.

Note:  In exceptional circumstances, the TEC negotiates variations with individual tertiary education organisations (TEOs). Negotiation is based on evidence provided by the TEO that justifies the variation.

TEOs wishing to offer compressed or intensive programmes and claim one EFTS unit for a teaching year of less than 34 weeks, or more than one EFTS per year for a qualification, should see Rule SAC044.