Ministerial Statement of Expectations for regulators: Department of Education

A Ministerial Statement of Expectation (SOE) is a formal public statement made by the responsible minister(s) to each regulator providing clear guidance on the government’s strategic priorities as they relate to the regulator.

In September 2022, the Department of Treasury and Finance developed a new Statement of Expectations Framework for Regulators. The purpose of the revised Framework is to facilitate a dialogue between Ministers, departments and regulators to identify government’s priorities and emerging risks and to establish a process for addressing these priorities through regulators’ existing business planning processes.

Under the new framework, regulators are not required to provide a response to the Minister’s letter, but their business plans must clearly demonstrate how they will meet their Minister’s expectations and include milestones to determine when the Minister’s letter needs to be updated or renewed.

The Minister’s letter and progress reports are to be made publicly available.

Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA), education and training regulator

November 2022 SOE

November 2022 ministerial SOE letter to VRQA (PDF, 308KB)

July 2021 SOE

July 2021 ministerial SOE letter to VRQA (PDF, 483KB)

2019-21 SOE

2019-21 ministerial SOE letter to VRQA (PDF, 342KB)

2019-21 VRQA board SOE response to minister - October 2019

2018-19 SOE

2018-19 ministerial SOE letter to VRQA (PDF, 1.74MB)

2018-19 VRQA board SOE response to minister - March 2018

SOE evaluation reports

2018-19 VRQA SOE evaluation report (PDF, 2.89MB)

Quality Assessment and Regulation Division (QARD), early childhood services regulator

2020-22 SOE

2020-22 ministerial SOE letter to QARD (PDF, 534KB)

2020-22 QARD SOE response to minister (PDF, 96KB)

2019-20 SOE

2019-20 ministerial SOE letter to QARD (PDF, 194KB)

2019-20 QARD SOE response to minister - 26 September 2019 (PDF, 173KB)

2018-19 SOE

2018-19 ministerial SOE letter to QARD (PDF, 550KB)

2018-19 QARD SOE response to minister (PDF, 228KB)

SOE evaluation reports

2018-20 QARD SOE evaluation report (PDF, 516KB)

2018-20 QARD SOE evaluation report (DOCX, 446KB)

Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT), teaching regulator

2020-22 SOE

2020-22 ministerial SOE letter to VIT (PDF, 291KB)

2020-22 VIT SOE response to minister (PDF, 369KB)

2018-20 SOE

2018-20 ministerial SOE letter to VIT

2018-20 VIT SOE response to minister - 10 September 2018 (PDF, vit.vic.edu.au)

SOE evaluation reports

2018-20 VIT SOE evaluation report (PDF, 647KB)

2018-20 VIT SOE evaluation report (DOCX, 436KB)