NCEA: Overview
If NCEA is new to you, these pages will tell you what it's all about:
| NCEA... | is New Zealand's national secondary qualification | NCEA... | sits alongside other qualifications on the National Qualifications Framework | |
| NCEA... | challenges students of all abilities, in all learning areas | NCEA... | has a national system for checking internal assessments | |
| NCEA... | is officially recognised in New Zealand and internationally | NCEA... | is recognised by employers, universities and polytechnics | |
| NCEA... | has external exams as well as internal assessment | NCEA... | reports more details about a student's achievement | |
| NCEA... | shows credits and grades for separate skills and knowledge in some standards | NCEA... | enables students to gain credits from traditional school curriculum areas AND alternative school curriculum programmes |
Page updated: 27 March 2007