Welcome to the VQA Website!
The Vanuatu Qualifications Authority is the institution whose task it is to grow and safeguard the quality of Post School Education and Training (PSET) in Vanuatu. If you are looking to study a PSET course in Vanuatu and you would like to receive quality education, then this website has very important information for you. With this website we want to give learners a large amount of important information for when they are planning to undertake study in a PSET course. We explain on this website why it is very important for your future to select an Accredited Course from a Registered Provider and how you can do this.A lot of the information you can find in the "For Learners" main menu item. But you can also find information under News & Publications and About Us that you may find interesting.
But the "For Learners" menu item is your main point of entry. Here you will find, in a logical way, all the information and documentation on:- Choosing accredited courses at a registered provider
- The Vanuatu Qualification Framework
- All the currently accredited courses and which providers have approval to deliver them
- All the currently registered providers and for which courses they have approval to deliver
- And for when you have already completed you study, how to get a printed document as evidence of your results.
Just move your mouse over the "For Learners" menu text, and the menu will drop down. Click on any of the items and you will be taken to that page.
When you are on one of these pages, most of the time we will show you a menu on the side as well, with "Quick Links". You can use these to quickly jump to other information you are looking for. If the item has a litte "+" behind it, there are more links hidden underneath. Click the menu item to reveal them.
If you are looking for some information and have a hard time finding it (which we hope we have been able to avoid, but just in case), please use the "Search" button at the top right of the page. This will search through all the articles that are on the website. Unfortunately we cannot search inside uploaded documents.
Finally, we love to hear from you. Please let us know if you have any issues with the website, or would like to see information on something here that you cannot find. Just get in touch using the Contact Us Form. We hope you find what you are looking for!
-- The website maintenance team
Welcome to the VQA Website!
Our website is one of our main means of communication with you as PSET Provider. You should find a lot of information here with regards to your interaction with VQA. If you already are a registered provider, then you are already familiar with many of the VQA processes. But there will be frequent occasions where you need some more information, a detailed procedure description, or a form or other document. And you can find that all here on our website.But if you are not registered yet, then you will find all the information on how to become a registered PSET Provider on the website as well to get you started.
The "For Provider" menu item is your main point of entry. Here you will find, in a logical way, all the information and documentation on:
- Registration
- Course Accreditation
- Approval to Delivery
- Assessment and Moderation
- Quality Audit
Just move your mouse over the "For Providers" text, and the menu will drop down. When you click on any of the menu items, you will be taken to the corresponding page.
When you are on one of these pages, most of the time we will show you a menu on the side as well, with "Quick Links". You can use these to quickly jump to other information you are looking for. If the item has a little "+" behind it, there are more links hidden underneath. Click the menu item to reveal them.
Most of the documentation you need for each of these items will be linked directly from the descriptions of these processes, but if you are looking for some specific documentation, you can find these under the Provider Resources menu item:
Here you find a link to all the Policies and Procedures that relate to PSET Providers. VQA has also created a Handbook for the development of courses, that you can use in case you would like to develop a new course.
The "Training Packages" menu item gives you access to an overview of all the existing units of competence that VQA has developed. However, to get access to this, we need to know that you are indeed a provider and you need to login first. If you do not have a login yet, please use the Contact Us Form to request one.
If you do have a login: you can login using the "Login" button at the top right of the page:
This will bring up a login form. Note: The login form will be displayed at the top of the page. If you have already scrolled down the page and you click "login" then, you may not see the login form. Please scroll back up to the top of the page to show the form.
The "Course Components" section has all the detailed information on all the course components, per accredited course. You also need to be logged in as a provider to be able to view and download these. And even then, you will only have access to those packages that VQA has specifically given you access to. If you need access to a course package, please use the Contact Us Form to request this. Note that in general there will be a fee to pay for downloading these course component packages.
If you are looking for some information and have a hard time finding it (which we hope we have been able to avoid, but just in case), please use the "Search" button at the top right of the page. This will search through all the articles that are on the website (unfortunately we cannot search inside uploaded documents).
Finally, we love to hear from you. Please let us know if you have any issues with the website, or would like to see information on something here that you cannot find. Just get in touch using the Contact Us Form. We hope you find what you are looking for!
-- The website maintenance team
Assessment is the process of collecting and evaluating evidence to establish the level of a learner's performance.
In PSET, assessment is used to measure a learner's performance against the learning outcomes that have been approved as part of an accredited course. Upon completion of their assessments for a component, a learner receives a grade that shows how well they have met the learning outcomes.
Two types of assessment are used. Competency-based assessment is used in courses that consist of units of competency. Achievement-based assessment is used in all other courses, mainly those at level 5 and above.
Details of and requirements for designing and conducting quality assessment can be found in the PSET Assessment Policy.
To help ensure the consistency of outcomes and the credibility of VQF qualifications, VQA has a quality assurance process for assessment in place. This process is called Assessment Moderation (Moderation in short).
There are two types of moderation:
- Internal moderation is a process that is carried out internally by the registered PSET provider. Details of the process to follow can be found on the Internal Moderation page.
Providers must apply to have their learners' grades approved by VQA. Approval will only be given if the provider has followed the prescribed processes and can demonstrate evidence of a rigorous process of internal moderation. Further details are found on the Approval of Learner Grades page. - External moderation is a process that is carried out by one or more people independent of the registered PSET provider. For courses leading to national qualifications, this process is the responsibility of VQA. For courses leading to provider qualifications, it is the responsibility of the provider.
Details of the above can be found in the Assessment Moderation for PSET Policy and the PSET Assessment and Moderation Guidelines for Providers.
Subcategories
Provider details
Registered Providers
This list is sorted alphabetically. You can click on any of the PSET Providers' name to see more details.
Course details
Accredited Courses
The list of courses is quite long, so we are showing only 25 on each page. If you have a good Internet connection, you can select to see more than the 25 courses per page. Or you can go to the bottom of this page and click to go to the next section of the list.
The list is sorted first by area (like Agriculture, Aquaculture, Building and Construction, Business, etc), then by level (Certificate I, Certificate II, ...) and finally by specialization. The Courses are listed in alphabetical order.