Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Chapter 6
49. Application for accreditation
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
An application by a higher education provider for the accreditation of the criteria and procedures for the recognition of a person’s prior learning and for credit transfer between accredited programmes or accredited qualifications shall be made to the Council in such form and manner as it may determine.
higher education provider
“higher education provider” means a body corporate, organisation or other body of persons which conducts higher education or training programmes, including skills training programmes, leading to the award of a higher education qualification or which awards a higher education qualification and includes the public or private higher education providers, examination or certification bodies or their branch representatives and includes higher education institution and education consultancies;
Every application shall be accompanied by such documents and information as the Council may determine.
Council
“Council” means the Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council established by section 4;
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accreditation
“accreditation” means a recognition in writing which is in accordance with the standard set and granted by the Council under Part 4 of this Act after examining and assessing — (a) a higher education programme or qualification; or (b) a higher education provider including a private higher educational institution;
The form, manner, documents and information required under subsections (1) and (2) may differ as between different experience, learning and credit transfer.
credit
“credit” means a representative measure used to reflect the academic load;
At any time after receiving an application for accreditation and before it is determined, the Council may by written notice require the higher education provider to provide additional documents and information within a specified period.
Where the additional documents and information required under subsection (4) are not provided by the higher education provider within the specified period or any such extended period as may be allowed by the
Council, the application shall be withdrawn without prejudice to the right of the higher education provider to submit a fresh application.
In this section, “prior learning” means knowledge, skills or attitudes previously acquired and includes prior experience.
Terms defined in s 2
accreditation
Defined · s 2“accreditation” means a recognition in writing which is in accordance with the standard set and granted by the Council under Part 4 of this Act after examining and assessing — (a) a higher education programme or qualification; or (b) a higher education provider including a private higher educational institution;
Council
Defined · s 2“Council” means the Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council established by section 4;
credit
Defined · s 2“credit” means a representative measure used to reflect the academic load;
higher education provider
Defined · s 2“higher education provider” means a body corporate, organisation or other body of persons which conducts higher education or training programmes, including skills training programmes, leading to the award of a higher education qualification or which awards a higher education qualification and includes the public or private higher education providers, examination or certification bodies or their branch representatives and includes higher education institution and education consultancies;
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Appeals
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