Field 4.9: YR_GRAD Field removed – Validations Removed: Error 566 YR_GRAD is in the future – Error 568 YR_REQ_MET and YR_GRAD both – populated Error 570 YR_GRAD is blank or not numeric – 575 YR_REQ_MET has been reported in – previously submitted return Error 587 Both YR_REQ_MET and YR_GRAD – are blank for file Section: Field Specification CITIZEN Field Number 1.13 and Appendix 3 New Validation: CITIZEN cannot be for D ‘999’ Type Student Section: Field Specification YR_REQ_MET Field Number 4.8 Removed text 569 only occurs if YR_REQ_MET is the ‘NOTE: chosen return field for the file’ Section: Field Specification YR_GRAD Field Number 4.9 Field removed from Qualification Completion File (new padded blanks) Section: Specification COMPLETE Field Number 5.4 Warning 390, 543 and Error 391 updated to – commence in the year following the course end date, when the enrolment was reported in the Dec return. All three will be returned, in their appropriate timeframe, if the record in the previous return was reported as code 0, and the record is omitted from the file, or is in the current file as code 0. Update Data Collection Section: The Ministry of Education has confirmed that it no longer requires Post Graduate completion records for every year for multi-year courses to be updated with the successful or unsuccessful complete code. The successful (or unsuccessful) complete code should be recorded in the final year of the multi year Post Graduate course.’ The earlier year completion records should remain with their complete codes of 6 or 7. Section: Specification Field Number 5.8 PBRF_CRS_COMP_YR Update Validation 552 from Warning to Error: PBRF_CRS_COMP_YR is Blank when COMPLETE indicator is 2 or 3 Section: Description Field Number 2.14 CATEGORY
Field 4.9: YR_GRAD – Field removed Validations Removed: Error 566 – YR_GRAD is in the future Error 568 – YR_REQ_MET and YR_GRAD both populated Error 570 – YR_GRAD is blank or not numeric 575 – YR_REQ_MET has been reported in previously submitted return Error 587 – Both YR_REQ_MET and YR_GRAD are blank for file Section: Field Specification CITIZEN New Validation: CITIZEN cannot be ‘999’ for D Type Student Field Number 1.13 and Appendix 3 Section: Field Specification YR_REQ_MET Removed text ‘NOTE: 569 only occurs if YR_REQ_MET is the chosen return field for the file’ Field Number 4.8 Section: Field Specification YR_GRAD Field removed from Qualification Completion File (new padded blanks) Field Number 4.9 Section: Specification COMPLETE Warning 390, 543 and Error 391 – updated to commence in the year following the course end date, when the enrolment was reported in the Dec return. All three will be returned, in their appropriate timeframe, if the record in the previous return was reported as code 0, and the record is omitted from the file, or is in the current file as code 0. Update Data Collection Section: The Ministry of Education has confirmed that it no longer requires Post Graduate completion records for every year for multi-year courses to be updated with the successful or unsuccessful complete code. The successful (or unsuccessful) complete code should be recorded in the final year of the multi year Post Graduate course.’ The earlier year completion records should remain with their complete codes of 6 or 7. Field Number 5.4 Section: Specification PBRF_CRS_COMP_YR Update Validation 552 from Warning to Error: PBRF_CRS_COMP_YR is Blank when COMPLETE indicator is 2 or 3 Field Number 5.8 Section: Description CATEGORY Field Number 2.14