Information for providers

This page has information for early childhood education and care providers about your:

• regulatory authority
• approval to operate a service
• quality assessment and rating
• qualification and ratio requirements for staff.

Quality Education and Care NT

Quality Education and Care NT (QECNT) regulates early childhood education and care services, including early childhood service providers, in the NT under the National Quality Framework.

The role of QECNT includes:

• ensuring services comply with the law
• approving applications to operate an early childhood service
• quality rating of services against national standards
• incident and complaint investigation.

Find out more about QECNT.

Quality assessment and rating

Early childhood services are assessed and rated under the National Quality Framework (NQF).

QECNT undertakes the assessment and rating process in the NT.

For more information on assessment and rating go to the ACECQA website.

Read more about the NQF.

Qualification and ratio requirements for staff

Regulated early childhood education and care services must meet qualification and ratio requirements under the National Quality Framework.

Read more about these requirements under the National Quality Framework.

Contact

You can contact Quality Education and Care NT by:

• emailing qualityecnt.det@education.nt.gov.au
• calling 08 8999 3561.

Further information for providers and services can be found on the Department of Education and Training website.