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Amendment Bill to the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act 2000
The Minister for Education, the Hon Julia Gillard, today introduced an Amendment Bill to the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000.
A summary of the amendments are listed below:
The amendments are the first in a series of measures the Government is taking to ensure Australia continues to offer world class quality international education in this challenging and changing environment.
Further complimentary initiatives to enhance Australia’s ability to deliver quality education services to overseas students will include the review of the ESOS Act by the Hon Bruce Baird and the development of the National International Student Strategy under the Council of Australian Governments.
Once the Bill has passed through Parliament further information on the implementation of the amendments will be made available. More information is available on the AEI website at www.aei.gov.au
A summary of the amendments are listed below:
- Re-registration of all institutions currently registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) by 31 December 2010.
- Two new registration requirements for education providers:
- the principal purpose of the provider is to provide education; and
- the provider has demonstrated capacity to provide education of a satisfactory standard.
- Providers to be required to list the names of education agents who represent them and promote their education services and to require providers to comply with any matters prescribed in the regulations concerning their agents.
- Discretionary removal of the prohibition on education providers collecting monies from studying students when a course has been suspended.
- Conditions imposed by states and territories on education providers to be recognised by the Commonwealth.
- Exemptions from punitive provider default refund requirements for providers changing their legal entity.
- Clarify the definition of “suitable alternative course”.
The amendments are the first in a series of measures the Government is taking to ensure Australia continues to offer world class quality international education in this challenging and changing environment.
Further complimentary initiatives to enhance Australia’s ability to deliver quality education services to overseas students will include the review of the ESOS Act by the Hon Bruce Baird and the development of the National International Student Strategy under the Council of Australian Governments.
Once the Bill has passed through Parliament further information on the implementation of the amendments will be made available. More information is available on the AEI website at www.aei.gov.au
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