National Certificate of Educational Achievement

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The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) is New Zealand’s main secondary school qualification, assessing students through a mix of internal and external standards-based evaluations across multiple levels.

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instanceOf secondary school qualification ⓘ
standards-based qualification ⓘ
abbreviation NCEA ⓘ
administeredBy NZQA ⓘ
New Zealand Qualifications Authority ⓘ
assessmentMode external assessment ⓘ
internal assessment ⓘ
assessmentType standards-based assessment ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
coversCurriculumArea English ⓘ
Health and Physical Education ⓘ
Languages ⓘ
Mathematics ⓘ
Science ⓘ
Social Sciences ⓘ
Technology ⓘ
The Arts ⓘ
creditSystem credits toward qualification ⓘ
educationLevel upper secondary education ⓘ
endorsementType Certificate Endorsement with Excellence ⓘ
Certificate Endorsement with Merit ⓘ
Course Endorsement with Excellence ⓘ
Course Endorsement with Merit ⓘ
fullyImplementedByYear 2004 ⓘ
gradingSystem Achieved ⓘ
Excellence ⓘ
Merit ⓘ
Not Achieved ⓘ
hasControversy balance of internal and external assessment ⓘ
workload and assessment pressure on students ⓘ
hasLevel Level 1 ⓘ
Level 2 ⓘ
Level 3 ⓘ
New Zealand Scholarship (separate but related) ⓘ
hasReform NCEA Change Programme announced in late 2010s ⓘ
introducedInYear 2002 ⓘ
languageOfAssessment English ⓘ
te reo Māori ⓘ
minimumCreditsForLevel1 80 credits ⓘ
minimumCreditsForLevel2 80 credits including Level 2 credits ⓘ
minimumCreditsForLevel3 80 credits including Level 3 credits ⓘ
partOf New Zealand Qualifications Framework ⓘ
regulatedBy New Zealand Qualifications Framework ⓘ
replaced School Certificate ⓘ
Sixth Form Certificate ⓘ
University Bursary ⓘ
targetGroup secondary school students ⓘ
typicalEndYearLevel Year 13 ⓘ
typicalStartYearLevel Year 11 ⓘ
usedFor entry to tertiary education ⓘ
university entrance eligibility in New Zealand ⓘ

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New Zealand education sector → usesAssessmentSystem → National Certificate of Educational Achievement ⓘ
Wellington College (New Zealand) → offersQualification → National Certificate of Educational Achievement ⓘ
Wellington College (New Zealand) → abbreviation → NCEA ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
Auckland Grammar School → offersQualification → National Certificate of Educational Achievement ⓘ
Otago Boys' High School → offersQualification → NCEA ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
National Certificate of Educational Achievement → abbreviation → NCEA ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
Whanganui City College → offersQualification → National Certificate of Educational Achievement ⓘ
Cullinane College → offersQualification → NCEA ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
Burnside High School → offersQualification → National Certificate of Educational Achievement ⓘ
Timaru Boys' High School → offersQualification → NCEA ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
Roncalli College → assessmentSystem → NCEA ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
Timaru Girls' High School → offersQualification → NCEA ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
Kaiapoi High School → offersQualification → NCEA Level 1 ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
Kaiapoi High School → offersQualification → NCEA Level 2 ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
New Zealand Ministry of Education → regulates → National Certificates of Educational Achievement system ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
Waimate High School → offersQualification → NCEA Level 1 ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
National Catholic Educational Association → abbreviation → NCEA ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
Nelson College → offersProgramme → New Zealand National Certificate of Educational Achievement ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
Nelson College → offersProgramme → NCEA Level 1 ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
St Cuthbert's College, Auckland → offersProgramme → National Certificate of Educational Achievement ⓘ
Auckland Girls' Grammar School → offersQualification → National Certificate of Educational Achievement ⓘ
Naenae College → offersQualification → NCEA ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
Christchurch Boys' High School → offersQualification → NCEA ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
Ellesmere College → offersQualification → National Certificate of Educational Achievement ⓘ
Ellesmere College → abbreviation → NCEA ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
Mangere College → hasProgramme → NCEA ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
Te Kuiti High School → offersQualification → NCEA ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
St Peter's College, Auckland → offersQualification → National Certificate of Educational Achievement ⓘ
Forest View High School → offersQualification → NCEA ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
Christchurch Girls' High School → offersQualification → National Certificate of Educational Achievement ⓘ
Putāruru College → offersQualification → NCEA ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
New Zealand Scholarship (separate but related) → relatedTo → National Certificate of Educational Achievement ⓘ
Sixth Form Certificate → replacedBy → National Certificate of Educational Achievement ⓘ
University Bursary → replacedBy → National Certificate of Educational Achievement ⓘ
University Bursary → successorQualification → National Certificate of Educational Achievement Level 3 ⓘ
linked to: National Certificate of Educational Achievement
NCEA Change Programme → appliesTo → National Certificate of Educational Achievement ⓘ