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a higher education programme or qualification; or

a higher education provider including a private higher educational institution;

“accredited” means accredited under Part 4;

“accredited programme or qualification” means a programme or qualification which is accredited under Part 4;

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“advanced diploma” means the advanced diploma awarded to a person after the successful achievement by him of a set of learning outcomes designed to lead to the award of such advanced diploma or the equivalent thereof;

“authorised officer” means an officer appointed by the Minister under section 60;

“branch representative of an examination or certification body”

means any body established under any written law for the purpose of representing an examination or certification body;

“certificate” means a certificate of academic distinction awarded by a higher educational institution to a person after successful achievement by him of a course of study conducted and designed by the former to lead to the award of such certificate or the equivalent thereof;

“Council” means the Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation

Council established by section 4;

“course of study” means a single course or a set of related courses, and includes short or long term courses and training programmes conducted by a higher education institution leading to the award of a higher education qualification;

“credit” means a representative measure used to reflect the academic load;

“degree” means the academic distinction awarded by a higher education institution to a person at a Bachelor level, a Masters level or a Doctorate level after the successful achievement by him of a course of study conducted and designed by the former to lead to the award of such degree or the equivalent thereof;

“diploma” means the diploma of academic distinction awarded by a higher education institution to a person after the successful achievement by him of a course of study designed to lead to the award of such diploma or the equivalent thereof;

“foreign programme or qualification” means a programme leading to a qualification awarded by a foreign higher education provider or any qualification awarded by a foreign higher education provider;

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“Framework” means the Brunei Darussalam Qualifications

Framework referred to in Part 3;

“higher education programme” means a programme leading to a higher education qualification;

“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;

“higher education qualification” means a certificate, diploma, advanced diploma or degree or their respective equivalents, and includes any other qualification stipulated in the Framework;

“institutional audit” means the evaluation of an institution to determine whether it is achieving its mission and goals, to identify strengths and areas of concern and to enhance quality, carried out in accordance with section 55;

“learning outcome” means the standard to be achieved from an educational or skills training programme or qualification as determined by the Framework;

“Minister” means the Minister of Education;

“professional body” means any body established under any written law for the purposes of regulating a profession and its qualifications or any similar body recognised by the Government as having a professional status;

“programme” means any arrangement of a course of study that is structured or designed to achieve a learning outcome leading to the award of a higher education qualification;

“Register” means the National Qualifications Register established and maintained under section 56(1);

“Secretariat” means the Secretariat of the Brunei Darussalam

National Accreditation Council established by section 11;

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“skills training” means work based and industry-oriented activities which aim to provide the knowledge, skills and attitude required for the effective and efficient performance of a task or job;

“skills training provider” means a body corporate, organisation or other body of persons that conducts a skills training programme leading to the award of a higher education qualification.