NZQA's Strategic Direction
Priority 1: Tertiary education organisations' application of robust quality assurance processes through ongoing internal self-assessment and periodic external evaluation and review, have a positive impact on the quality of tertiary learning
Key actions and initiatives:
- Implementing the new focus for the quality assurance of non-university tertiary education organisations progressively from 2009
- Leading the provision of support to these tertiary education organisations and quality assurance bodies to develop capability in utilising the new quality assurance framework and reporting regularly on their progress
- Through external evaluations and reviews, encouraging these tertiary education organisations to become increasingly responsible for their own performance in delivering high-quality education for learners.
Expected results:
- All tertiary education organisations for which NZQA has quality assurance responsibility will be actively engaged in ongoing evaluative self-assessment in 2009. At least 20 per cent will have participated in an external evaluation and review by June 2010, 50 per cent by 2011 and 75 per cent by 2012
- The reports from external evaluations and reviews reflect these tertiary education organisations’ initiatives to improve the quality of teaching, educational results and capability in self-assessment
- The quality assurance framework supports the Government's emphasis on ex post accountability in the operations of the tertiary education system, and the information and evidence will drive continuous improvement.
Page updated: 02 December 2008