QCIA registration and learning accounts

Registration requirements

Queensland law requires young people to be ‘earning or learning’ until they turn 17.

Young Queenslanders must be registered with the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) during Year 10, or in the 12 months before they turn 16 – whichever comes first.

Learning providers use learning accounts to document young people’s learning.

Creating learning accounts

Learning providers create student learning accounts through the QCAA’s Student Management application.

They create the learning accounts when young people are in Year 10 or turning 16, whichever comes first. Generally, schools register young people in Year 10.

Young people who transfer from other states or overseas can be registered for a learning account after completing Year 10 or turning 16 years of age.

The Director-General, Department of Education (DoE), can open accounts for students registered with Queensland Home Education (QHE), and in certain other situations.

When you register students for a Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement (QCIA), their intended learning option (ILO) is the QCIA.

For more information, see Section 3 of the QCE and QCIA policy and procedures handbook.

Accessing learning accounts

Students in Year 10, 11 and 12 can access their learning account through the myQCE website to:

• view the progress in QCE-contributing studies
• check their results.

Students completing Year 12 can access their Senior Education Profile (SEP) through their learning account.

Students who receive a QCIA can continue to work towards a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) after they have completed Year 12. Learning accounts remain open for 9 years after opening.

More information

For more information about learning accounts, see Section 13.3.2 of the QCE and QCIA policy and procedures handbook.