The Single Data Return (SDR) is a set of data items that are required What is the Single by the Ministry of Education and the Tertiary Education Commission Data Return (SDR)? (TEC) for funding, monitoring performance (including against Investment Plans), publishing performance information, as well as statistical reporting purposes. All TEOs that receive the Student Achievement Component including 1 and 2 Competitive and Plan Process Funding, and/or have students with Student Loans or Allowances, and/or Youth Guarantee programmes are required to complete an SDR. All students must be reported in SDR including non-funded students. The SDR provides one central for the collection, processing and delivery of information from TEOs to education agencies. The information required for the SDR is based on unit-record data What information is obtained from TEOs’ student management systems. This information needed for the is provided to the Ministry three times a year to represent student data SDR? as at: 15 April, and 07 August, and 31 December Course and Qualification completions are also returned three times a year in line with the SDR dates. Some of this information is now also collected in March each year through the Indicative (IND) SDR. All students for whom a confirmed student enrolment has been made in a TEO’s student management system are required to be reported, regardless of the level of study or the funding source. Information is required on student characteristics, course enrolment details, course and qualification completions, course details, and actual EFTS on a monthly Further information on EFTS forecasts is required as part of the validation process.
What is the Single Data Return (SDR)? The Single Data Return (SDR) is a set of data items that are required by the Ministry of Education and the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) for funding, monitoring performance (including against Investment Plans), publishing performance information, as well as statistical reporting purposes. All TEOs that receive the Student Achievement Component including 1 and 2 Competitive and Plan Process Funding, and/or have students with Student Loans or Allowances, and/or Youth Guarantee programmes are required to complete an SDR. All students must be reported in SDR including non-funded students. The SDR provides one central for the collection, processing and delivery of information from TEOs to education agencies. What information is needed for the SDR? The information required for the SDR is based on unit-record data obtained from TEOs’ student management systems. This information is provided to the Ministry three times a year to represent student data as at: 15 April, and 07 August, and 31 December Course and Qualification completions are also returned three times a year in line with the SDR dates. Some of this information is now also collected in March each year through the Indicative (IND) SDR. All students for whom a confirmed student enrolment has been made in a TEO’s student management system are required to be reported, regardless of the level of study or the funding source. Information is required on student characteristics, course enrolment details, course and qualification completions, course details, and actual EFTS on a monthly Further information on EFTS forecasts is required as part of the validation process.
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