To be eligible for a VET Student Loan, the student must be academically suited to the course they’re planning to do.
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Providers are responsible for assessing suitability and are accountable for their decisions. You must believe on reasonable grounds that the student is academically suited to undertake the course.
The student must meet any other specified entry requirements for the course.
32.1 - Determining whether the student is academically suitable
The course provider decides whether the student is academically suited to the course they’re applying for.
A student is academically suited to a course when:
- you reasonably believe they are academically suited
- they satisfy the requirements in your student entry procedure
- they provide evidence that they have the appropriate level of education or qualification [part 33].
32.2 - Student entry procedure requirements
Your student entry procedure must:
- set out the requirements a student must meet to show they’re academically suited to do the course they’re applying for
- specify that the results of assessing their competence in reading and numeracy [part 34] under the procedure must be reported to:
- the student as soon as practicable after the assessment
- the department in the form and manner and by the time requested by the Secretary
- describe the process (including the tools) for validly and reliably assessing a student’s competence in reading and numeracy against the Australian Core Skills Framework.
Record keeping requirements
You must retain all documents you’ve obtained or assessments you’ve undertaken to determine a student’s academic suitability for at least 5 years. You may be asked to produce these documents to demonstrate compliance with this requirement.
Legislation: Rules s 80–82, s 105