Monday, December 6, 2010

Focusing on quality in the ITP sector

URL: Focusing on quality in the ITP sector
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education
From next year the NZ Qualifications Authority (NZQA) will assume direct responsibility for quality assurance of Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics, taking the role from ITPNZ which has had the responsibility through ITPQ since 1993. The Minister for Tertiary Education, Steven Joyce, says the change has come about as a result of discussions with the ITP sector about the international trend towards independent quality assurance for both public and private providers. ITPNZ has voluntarily returned the delegation for quality assurance to NZQA...