# Primary Source — Verified Accreditation Standard Categories

**Source:** Ministry of Education Higher Education Evaluation Regulations,
Article 7 (current version, verified 2024-03-15).

**Full list of accreditation standard categories (all 5 must appear):**

1. Teaching quality and student learning outcomes
2. Research output and knowledge dissemination
3. Institutional governance and resource management
4. Community engagement and social responsibility
5. Internationalisation and global partnerships

**Instrument design note:** Any item presenting this list as response options
must enumerate all 5 categories verbatim. Subsetting or adding options not on
this list constitutes option-list mismatch (Pattern B5).
