17.1We will prepare and publish guidance to awarding organisations in relation to the award of qualifications for which they have been recognised. We will use this guidance to help us determine whether or not an awarding organisation is complying with the general conditions. The guidance will form part of the qualifications regulatory framework. The Act requires awarding organisations to have regard to the guidance in relation to the award of qualifications in respect of which they are recognised. Where necessary, specific guidance will also be published – for example, about the requirements for the QCF.
17.2We propose that, where appropriate, this guidance should take the form of a set of generic operating rules that will apply to all qualifications and will set out the expected behaviours in respect of meeting the general conditions.
17.3We propose that, on the whole, such guidance should focus on the outcomes that an awarding organisation must achieve rather than on processes and procedures an awarding organisation should follow. However, the Act also provides for us to specify descriptions of behaviours that we would consider complies or does not comply with the general conditions for recognition.
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