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Glossary

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  • Delivery site

    TEC-approved delivery site for a TEO's delivery.

  • Directory of Assessment Standards

    The Directory of Assessment Standards (previously part of the National Qualifications Framework) lists all quality-assured unit and achievement standards, known collectively as "assessment standards".

  • Disaggregation

    The process by which a qualification and its EFTS value is split into courses and their course EFTS factors, which are then allocated course classifications and funding categories to determine funding.

  • Domestic student

    A Domestic Student as defined in section 10 of the Education and Training Act, being a New Zealand citizen, the holder of a residence class visa, and individuals who are to be treated as if they are not an international student under the current Tertiary Education (Domestic Students) Gazette notice.

  • DQ

    Delivery on the New Zealand Qualifications and Credentials Framework (NZQCF) comprises three funds:
    Delivery at Levels 1 and 2 on the NZQCF (DQ1-2)
    Delivery at Levels 3 to 7 (non-degree) on the NZQCF and all industry training (DQ3-7) Fund; and
    Delivery at Levels 7 (degree) to 10 on the NZQCF (DQ7-10) Fund.

  • DXP Ngā Kete

    A secure online portal that allows tertiary education organisations (TEOs) and TEC to share information. TEOs use DXP Ngā Kete to upload/submit data to TEC’s Data Exchange Platform (DXP). 
    DXP Ngā Kete is a one-stop shop for:

    • data submissions
    • document sharing
    • registers (including courses and qualifications), and
    • user guides.

  • Education Act 1989

    The Act and its subsequent amendments that reformed the administration of education in New Zealand. This has been replaced by the Education and Training Act 2020.

  • Education and Training Act 2020

    The Education and Training Act 2020 came into effect on 1 August 2020. It incorporated and replaced the Education Acts 1964 and 1989 and implemented changes from the Education Work Programme. The Act repealed and replaced all major existing education and training legislation. It is intended to be simpler, more user-friendly and less prescriptive than the previous legislative framework.

  • Education Sector Logon (ESL)

    An identity management, authentication, authorisation and single sign-on service for the education sector. Allows you to access our systems: DXP Ngā Kete, Qlik, Workspace 2 and other tertiary applications.

  • Educational performance indicator (EPI)

    A group of performance indicators that give a view of how well tertiary providers are helping their students to achieve.   They show how many students progress and stay in study, and how many courses and qualifications are completed.