Quote Originally Posted by steve fleming View Post
Agree, govt policy will always be a risk - but it would be a brave government that cuts funding to Quantum with its focus on 'second chance' education and upskilling of Maori and Pacfic Islanders
Cuts to PTE's that service the second chance sector have occurred progressively over the past few years as the TEC demands higher student outcome rates and pathways to further educational opportunities or getting them into workplaces. One large provider (900+ EFTS) was cut in the last few years, along with a number of smaller providers.

Although Quantum's student outcomes look highly appealing, you need to be careful of how they define a qualification. One method is to treat each unit as a qualification, thereby making results look much more favourable than those PTE's that define a complete set of units as a qualification. I do not know which method they are using.

I also note that the TEC announced that scaling the results of Maori and Pacific Islanders will return, after abandoning the practice a few years ago. This will probably result in much more favourable outcomes for those PTE's that are left servicing this market.