Notice information
- Topic
- School registration
Official notice
Amendments to the Guidelines for School Providers (CRICOS, Apr 2018)
Update to Guidelines for School Providers (CRICOS).
- Effective
- Immediately
- Reference
- NESA 18/18
Who needs to read this?
- Principals and proprietors of non-government schools with overseas students
- Representatives of systems of schools with overseas students
- Principal Executive Officers of school providers (CRICOS)
The Guidelines for Approved NSW School Providers Delivering Courses to Overseas Students ('the Guidelines') have been amended to reflect the Commonwealth's revised English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS) Standards 2018 ('the ELICOS Standards').
The changes to the Guidelines include:
- Sections 4 and 6 amended to reflect the changes to the ELICOS Standards, including a definition of what constitutes an ELICOS course under the legislation
- clarification of where policy and/or procedures are required as evidence of compliance
- minor administrative amendments.
The amended Guidelines are available to download from the Regulation > CRICOS section of the NESA website.
The following support materials are also available:
- amended Proforma checklists for approval to deliver ELICOS
- tracked changes version of the Guidelines.
For more information, contact:
Dave Kermode
Inspector, School Registration and Accreditation
david.kermode@nesa.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8497