Students in Years 12 & 13 need to complete New Zealand's National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) that is administered by the New Zealand Qualification Authority (NZQA)
Key Points
- To qualify for an NCEA Level 2 qualification, a student must have a total of 60 Level 2 or above credits.
- 10 Numeracy & 10 Literacy credits are also needed to gain NCEA Level 2. These credits come from sitting the National Co-Requisite Literacy & Numeracy Exams (currently first attempted in Year 10 & 11).
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- A student can obtain NCEA Level 2 with Merit or Excellence endorsements. A Merit endorsement requires 50 Level 2 (or above) credits at Merit or Excellence. An Excellence endorsement requires 50 Level 2 (or above) credits at Excellence.
Course Endorsement
Students can gain Course Endorsement in individual courses. Excellence Endorsement for a course requires 14 credits at Excellence Level in a particular course. Students who gain 14 credits at Merit Level (or Merit and Excellence) will gain a Merit Course Endorsement. The total 14 credits in either Endorsement must include at least 3 internal and 3 external credits (except for Physical Education courses, which are only assessed internally). Course Endorsement must be obtained within an academic year.
Both Level 2 Achievement Standards and Unit Standards offer credits that count towards a student鈥檚 NCEA Level 2 qualification. Only Achievement Standards are able to count towards endorsement as they offer Merit and Excellence grades. General information about assessment procedures will be available near the start of the year in the Assessment Booklet.
Specific details of assessments in each course will be given to students by their teachers.
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Key Points
- To qualify for an NCEA Level 3 qualification, a student must gain 60 Level 3 credits
- 10 Numeracy & 10 Literacy credits are also needed to gain NCEA Level 3. These credits come from sitting the National Co-Requisite Literacy & Numeracy Exams (currently first attempted in Year 10 & 11).
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- A student can obtain NCEA Level 3 with Merit or Excellence endorsements. A Merit endorsement requires 50 Level 3 credits at Merit or Excellence. An Excellence endorsement requires 50 Level 3 credits at Excellence.
Course Endorsement
Students can gain Course Endorsement in individual courses. Excellence Endorsement for a course requires 14 credits at Excellence Level in a particular course. Students who gain 14 credits at Merit Level (or Merit and Excellence) will gain a Merit Course Endorsement. The total 14 credits in either Endorsement must include at least 3 internal and 3 external credits (except for Physical Education courses, which are only assessed internally). Course Endorsement must be obtained within an academic year. Both Level 3 Achievement Standards and Unit Standards offer credits that count towards a student鈥檚 NCEA Level 3 qualification. Only Achievement Standards are able to count towards endorsement as they offer Merit and Excellence grades.
General information about assessment procedures will be available near the start of the year in the Assessment Booklet.
Specific details of assessments in each course will be given to students by their teachers.
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University Entrance and Scholarships
University Entrance is gained by:
- Attaining NCEA Level 3.
- Achieving 14 credits at Level 3 in each of three subjects from the list of approved subjects.
- Achieving UE numeracy 鈥� 10 Numeracy credits at Level 1 or above.
- Achieving UE literacy 鈥� 10 credits (5 in reading and 5 in writing) at Level 2 and above from specific standards.
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Students should check the additional requirements for the degree courses they intend to enrol in, as entry requirements can often be beyond University Entrance, especially for limited-entry courses.
Scholarship Exams
It is expected that Scholarship candidates will have:
- Obtained NCEA Level 2 Excellence endorsement,
- Level 2 Excellence Course Endorsement in the scholarship subject area and
- Be completing a full year of Level 3 studies at school.
All assessments will be external. There are no NCEA credits related to Scholarship. For further details, refer to the Scholarship section of the NZQA website.
University Study
Students who have gained exceptional results in Level 2 NCEA may study a range of courses at the University of Canterbury while remaining at 好色导航, and may be funded through the STAR programme at the school鈥檚 discretion. It is recommended that students study towards Scholarship ahead of studying a University course.
Students must have met the University Entrance Literacy and Numeracy requirements and are expected to have gained Level 2 Excellence Endorsement. Some courses require special entry permission. For further information, contact Careers & Pathways