Quality assurance in is an important way of identifying and recommending improvement measures across education and training systems. By continuously monitoring and evaluating various standards and aspects of performance, establishments can take a proactive approach to products and services. This approach enables stabilisation and improvement to occur, if results indicate that systems are going well then maintenance is usually all that is required. Without this, there are risks to the accuracy, consistency and fairness of systems, possibly to the disadvantage of learners. Therefore, the mechanisms of quality assurance build confidence in education and training stakeholders such as governments, industry, providers and students.