TEC has a duty to ensure that the tertiary sector in general and providers in particular offer quality education and training to learners by holding them accountable to meet standards and criteria set both by MoEHRD, itself and by SQA. On the one hand, it has a role to advise government of the sector’s needs whilst on the other it has a responsibility to ensure that providers who are funded by government deliver value for money.

Learners are able to bring to the attention of TEC members practices which may not be in their best interests and therefore request TEC to undertake an investigation and to institute remedial action. Finally TEC has a duty to provide to all stakeholders as much information about the tertiary education sector as possible.

Quality assurance in tertiary education is primarily the responsibility of the Seychelles Qualifications Authority (SQA). SQA validates qualifications, that is it ensures that qualifications developed by providers meets national standards. It also has the responsibility to accredit providers, thus ensuring that providers meet the standards to offer qualifications. Legally TEC is required to work closely with SQA to ensure that providers meet and continues to meet such national standards. It therefore holds providers accountable. It also provides as much support as possible to the providers to meet the standards, for example through workshops and in the development of manuals and guides.