Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “accreditation”, in relation to an institution or education programme, means confirmation that the institution or programme satisfies the minimum criteria or standards for it to operate or be offered for a specified duration, as the case may be; “Board” means the Board referred to in section 5; “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board; “Commission” means the Tertiary Education Commission established under section 3; “effective date”, in relation to an application under section 12A, means the date on which the application and all the required relevant documents, reports and other information specified in the guidelines are submitted; “equivalence”, in relation to an academic or professional qualification, means the establishment of 2 or more educational programmes or qualifications as being equal or comparable in value; “Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Commission appointed under section 7; T7 – 1 [Issue 6] Tertiary Education Commission Act “member”— (a) means a member of the Board; and (b) includes the Chairperson; “Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of education is assigned; “post-secondary education”— (a) means an educational programme which is offered in a university or higher education institution with the lowest level of access being a certificate which corresponds to the first level of a first degree programme; and (b) includes tertiary education; “programme” does not include vocational course; “recognition”, in relation to an academic or professional qualification, means recognition that the qualification is of an acceptable quality at the specified level and may give access to further studies or employment or profession; “tertiary education institution” means an institution specified in the Schedule; “vocational course” has the same meaning as in the Law Practitioners Act. [S. 2 amended by s. 4 (a) of Act 18 of 2005 w.e.f. 1 July 2005; s. 30 (a) of Act 17 of 2007 w.e.f. 22 August 2007; s. 19 (a) of Act 30 of 2011 w.e.f. 3 September 2012.]