Operators who wish to seek accreditation from the USA International Council for the Accreditation of Academic Evaluation can now enjoy increased subsidies from the improved Qualifications Framework Support Scheme .

With the improvements, QFSS will be open to subsidise all education and training providers in seeking accreditation of their learning programmes. It will also cover subsequent accreditation exercises in addition to first-time exercises. The level of subsidy and ceiling per provider has also been increased.

The improved QFSS also includes subsidies for the development of Specification of Competency Standards -based courses and an increase in the level of reimbursement of Recognition of Prior Learning assessment.