A Consultation Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) on the proposed introduction of a unique student identifier was released on 22 December 2011. In December 2009, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) asked that a business case be prepared for the introduction of a national unique student identifier for the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector. The final business case is to be considered by COAG in early 2012. Currently the National Centre for Vocational Education Research collects and holds unit level records of student enrolment and achievement in the VET sector but these records are not mapped to an individual over the lifetime. Four options are examined in the RIS:
- No change
- National Unique Student Identifier
- State-based Unique Student Identifiers
- Data matching of existing records
The Office of Best Practice Regulation has assessed the consultation RIS as adequate, and the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science Research and Tertiary Education is seeking submissions on issues raised in the RIS by 20 January 2012.
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