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NCEA
New Zealand's National Certificates of Educational Achievement (NCEA) are national qualifications for senior secondary school students. NCEA challenges students of all abilities in all learning areas, and shows credits and grades for separate skills and knowledge. It enables students to gain credits from both traditional school curriculum areas and alternative programmes.
NCEA and other national certificates are recognised by employers and used as the benchmark for selection by universities and polytechnics. NCEA is also readily accepted overseas, including by universities. When applying for employment, prospective employees can create a summary of their results from their Record of Achievement. (Source: NZQA, 2015)
NCEA and other national certificates are recognised by employers and used as the benchmark for selection by universities and polytechnics. NCEA is also readily accepted overseas, including by universities. When applying for employment, prospective employees can create a summary of their results from their Record of Achievement. (Source: NZQA, 2015)
NCEA Endorsements
When students perform consistently above the 'Achieved' level, their result(s) can be 'endorsed' to reflect that high achievement. This can occur at either the Certificate or individual course level.
For an NCEA certificate to be endorsed with Excellence a student must gain 50 credits at Excellence at the level of the certificate or above. So, if a student has 50 Level 1 credits at Excellence they may have their Level 1 certificate endorsed with Excellence. Likewise, if a student gains 50 credits at Merit (or Merit and Excellence) at Level 1 their NCEA Level 1 certificate may be endorsed with Merit. Course endorsementsCourse endorsement provides recognition for a student who has performed exceptionally well in an individual course. Click the image to the right to find out more |
NCEA Mobile App
To help parents and employers better understand NCEA, NZQA has developed an app designed for mobile devices - phones and tablets. Called NCEA Guide, the app is for parents, whānau and employers and provides quick and easy access to key information about NCEA. With this app you can:
The NCEA Guide App is free to download - get it now from the following links, or search NCEA Guide on your app store |