Part C – Section 12 - Maximum Number of Students
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As part of the registration approval process, the designated authority will decide whether to approve the maximum number of students that a provider can enrol. In making this decision, the designated authority will consider the capacity of the provider in terms of its premises, approved arrangements with other providers, facilities, resources, equipment, materials and ratio of staff to student numbers. |
Key issues
The provider proposes a maximum capacity for all students, both domestic and international, to the designated authority. The designated authority will decide whether to approve this capacity.
What’s new?
Providers will propose a maximum number of students, both domestic and international, and the designated authority will consider whether to approve this number.
When a provider is considering the capacity of its facilities it should have regard to:
- the specialist facilities required by some courses;
- the resources available at work-based training sites;
- its load of domestic students; and
- occupational health and safety considerations.
The provider should also consider its maximum number of enrolments that different locations can support.
The National Code 2007 no longer specifies how many hours a day the premises may be used, nor does it require the designated authority to consider how many shifts may be in a day.
What Part C Section 12 involves
Each state/territory conducts its registration and re-registration in a slightly different manner. Some states/territories may have additional non-ESOS requirements stipulated by their own state/territory legislation.
Ensuring that a provider has the capacity to teach all of its students is fundamental to ensuring a quality education. Capacity not only includes considerations of how many teachers and desks a provider needs, but also resources such as kitchens, computers and laboratory space etc.
It may be necessary for a provider to break down its capacity by reference to particular courses. For example, a provider may have a capacity to teach 1,000 accounting students, but only 300 hospitality students because while it has many classrooms, it has a limited number of spaces in its kitchens.
Part C Section 12 links to Standard 14 and Part C Section 6.
Further information about this Standard is available from:
http://www.aei.dest.gov.au/ESOS
or send your questions to: esosmailbox@dest.gov.au
Last update July 2007