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