Modified 23 January 2025
The Tertiary Education Commission (the TEC) is a Crown entity established under section 159C of the Education Act 1989 and continued under section 401 of the Education and Training Act 2020.
Modified 28 September 2021
Following consultation, the Minister of Education has confirmed fee regulation settings for tertiary education providers in 2021. This includes setting the Annual Maximum Fee Movement at 1.1 percent, in line with forecast inflation for 2021, and introducing new fee capping limits for micro-credentials on 1 January 2021.
Modified 16 December 2024
This page provides a number of resources to help councils fulfil their responsibilities and govern their institutions well.
https://www.tec.govt.nz/teo/working-with-teos/tei/governance/resources-for-councils
Modified 3 August 2023
Modified 6 May 2025
Modified 5 July 2024
Modified 3 August 2023
The third public consultation paper of the PBRF Sector Reference Group (SRG) is now open for feedback. You can access the paper on the TEC website.
https://www.tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/archived-news/pbrf-srg-third-consultation-open
Modified 1 March 2018
Today, Education Minister Hon Chris Hipkins, announced the Government will end competitive allocations of funding at New Zealand Qualification Framework levels 1 to 4. This change seeks to give providers greater funding certainty, so they can focus more on the students.
https://www.tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/archived-news/competitive-sac-funding-to-be-stopped
Modified 17 October 2019
The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) welcomes NZQA’s decision to include micro-credentials as part of New Zealand’s regulated education and training system and is keen to hear from providers who are thinking about developing and delivering micro-credentials.
Modified 22 October 2024
The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) has taken a phased approach to implementing the performance element of the learner component.
