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a new national body called the Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority. The National Quality Framework took effect on 1 January 2012 with key requirements being phased in over time. Requirements such as qualification, educator-to-child ratios and other key staffing arrangements were phased in between 2012 and 2020. [ 1 ]
The National Quality Standard (NQS) is a key aspect of the NQF. The NQS consists of seven quality areas, each containing standards and elements, that children's education and care services are assessed and rated against. The seven quality areas covered by the National Quality Standard are: QA 1 - Educational program and practice
The Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) is an independent statutory authority that assists governments in implementing the National Quality Framework (NQF) for early childhood education and care throughout Australia. [1]
The Early Years Learning Framework (commonly known as EYLF), [1] together with the National Quality Standard (or NQS), [2] forms the policies around early childhood education in Australia. In January 2023 the Australian Education ministers approved proposed changes and endorsed the use of Version 2 of the EYLF under the National Quality ...
Broadly, the department is responsible for the administration and quality of state education, and the quality of private education, throughout Queensland. [ 6 ] The head of the department is the minister for education, who has the authority to direct any school to act in the public interest, direct a school to administer assessment, and issue ...
Alongside the national standards, ACSQHC also oversees a number of specific health care improvement programs. [7] These include: Australia's quality use of medicines (QUM) program, including antimicrobial stewardship; health care-related infection prevention and management efforts, including the National Hand Hygiene Initiative
National Quality Forum (NQF) is a United States–based non-profit membership organization that promotes patient protections and healthcare quality through measurement and public reporting. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was established in 1999 based on recommendations by the President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care ...
The National Training System is the Australian system for vocational education and training (VET) under the VET Quality Framework (VQF), in which employers, the States of Australia, and the Commonwealth Government, formalise a curriculum available for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) to teach and assess the competency of students.