ACS Distance Education-recognized?

Does the Australian Correspondence Schools have any accreditation or legal recognition in Australia? Would these courses be considered GAAP? They mention international recognition (IARC) but some of these schools in that organization are suspect. They have some interesting courses in Counselling
that appear to have some utility in Australia -like their Diploma in Counselling and Psychology.This course is recognised and approved by the Australian Counselling Association as a counsellor training course, and the ACA will grant membership to graduates.
What is it's status?

 

Unlike PCDI USA that offers nationally accredited courses- It appears to me that Australian Correspondence Schools only selected career diplomas are recognized by professional body / institute.

Also its unclear what is the nature of the affiliations to UK universities, are they awarding dual diplomas or the affiliated UK colleges accept diplomas and award some credit.

The European web site for the ACS claims accreditation from legitimate but unrecognized accrediting commission.

Some may argue that maybe accreditation of the career diploma level is not as important and the name recognition of the school may be sufficient, we have in US and Canada
http://www.scitraining.com/Courses_US/Psychology_Social_Work/Diploma.htm
Stratford Career Institute, they provide education via DL , from High School Diploma to Career diplomas, people find this diplomas helpful to enter a job such as entry level or aid etc but they are all unaccredited, state licensed in DC USA.

In ACS not all diplomas are equal, as mentioned earlier some have recognition of professional body. Also its possible that it earned good name among employers and if job is the primary goal than this may be sufficient for some employers.

If one studies why not study for diploma were credit can be used in the future to enter higher education?
On another hand I never took their classes and don't know the quality, they may offer good education.

 

From another chanel:


As a horticultural and agricultural school as far as DE is feasible. they have been a good school in the past.

Previously they also listed degrees which was related to the 'accreditation' they mention - they were clearly unaccredited.

I have not had the time to check their courses out but the alpha-numeric identifiers they are using seem to be their own. I consult to Vocational and Tertiary Schools operating in these areas and I don't recognise course identifiers. If you wish to check it up, you do so through www.ntis.gov.au and a brief look there shows that they are not listed - which means that they are not delivering "Nationally Recognised Training" which is the moniker for 'accreditation' at the vocational level here.

Remember that a Diploma/Advanced Diploma roughly equates to your Associates Degree is positioning, IF the awards are 'accredited'.
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James