NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 47 — 4 MAY 2017

• 159YA and specify the amount of funding sought in relation to those activities; and
• tertiary education programmes run by the organisation other than those in relation to which funding is sought.

The proposed activities must align with and support the achievement of the mission and role of the TEO.
The description of programmes and activities must include information about:

• planned programmes and activities for which the TEO is seeking Student Achievement Component or Youth Guarantee funding, including planned learner numbers by New Zealand Qualification Framework Level (this information must be provided via a Mix of Provision template which the TEC will provide to TEOs in due course);
• planned programmes and activities for which the TEO is seeking funding from the TEC (other than Student Achievement Component or Youth Guarantee) including planned learner numbers in more detail (this information must be provided via a Mix of Provision template);
• total TEC funding sought (this information must be provided via a Mix of Provision template);
• a brief description of other programmes and activities not funded by the TEC (this information may be provided either via the Mix of Provision template or as part of a description of the TEO’s mission and role);
• a brief description of significant programmes and activities undertaken through subsidiary bodies.¹ The description of the programmes activities undertaken through subsidiaries must include:
  • a description of the main activities undertaken by the subsidiary body;
  • the dollar value of the TEO’s investment in the subsidiary body; and
  • a brief description of the governance and accountability arrangements in place.
    (Tertiary education institutions must provide this information via a Subcontracting Register. Private Training Establishments must provide this information via the Investment Plan template); and
• any key new activities the TEO is contemplating undertaking over the plan period.

Outcomes and measures

Pursuant to section 159P(e), the TEO’s proposed plan must describe an organisation’s proposed outcomes (including, without limitation, in relation to the tertiary education programmes and activities for which funding is sought) and the performance indicators that the organisation will use to measure whether those outcomes have been achieved.

The TEC will provide all TEOs with information about any specific metrics they must use when making certain performance commitments, and in some cases will specify minimum commitments for TEOs. TEOs should propose additional commitments as required.

A Performance Commitments template and TES Priority Commitments template will be provided to TEOs to assist commitment setting. This will include the need to set targets which will contribute to the achievement of parity of participation and achievement for Māori and Pasifika.

The proposed plan must describe:

• how the TEO has performed against the commitments it made in its last plan (for TEOs that have previously received plan funding);
• how the TEO has responded to specific data from the TEC about employment outcomes and the level of re-enrolments;
• the findings of any quality assurance reviews; and
• any key changes the TEO is making that are likely to have a significant impact on its educational performance or other outcomes.

The TEO’s proposed performance commitments should be:

• designed and presented so that they give clear evidence about the quality of the activity being measured;
• relevant, so that they give meaningful information about the TEO’s progress toward its proposed outcomes;
• set at a level that represents a meaningful improvement on past performance, especially with respect to

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