Learners are required to be registered with Pearson within 60 days of admission in the programme. Without registration, no student will be allowed in class and can be certificated. Learners must pay the registration fees upon enrolment. The Institute will register them on the Pearson online system and the registration remains active for a period of five years.

Once a learner is registered in his/her programme, he/she may still transfer to a different programme within SMICT should he/she decide to do so. In that event, he/she would be required to formally apply to the Head of Centre for a transfer to a new programme.

Learners must complete the programme within the registration period according to the delivery plan. They must adhere to the standards of the BTEC programme, which are externally verified by a Standards Verifier (SV) from Pearson. Certification is conditional upon verification. All registered students are eligible for certification after completion of the programme provided that the SV approves the programme for certification. Upon successful completion of a programme, certification is processed and a diploma is awarded by Pearson.

The SV usually visits SMICT two times in a year and you will be asked to present your portfolio in selected units before the SV for verification. Verification helps to ensure that the standards of the programme are according to BTEC standards and adequate for certification.

It is important that the learners keep their project portfolio containing the evidence of achievement in each unit well preserved for submission before the SV even after assessment has been done. Unless they are able to present the evidence in each unit before the SV, their certification may adversely get affected resulting in delay and resubmission.