NEAS is an independent body that has been providing quality assurance to English Language Teaching centres since 1990. The primary goal of NEAS is the maintenance of high levels of quality in the provision of English Language Teaching programs and services by universities, vocational education and training providers, as well as secondary schools and private stand-alone ELT centres, to the benefit of the industry as a whole, and especially for students. NEAS endorses more than 200 centres across Australia as well as South East Asia and the Middle East.