Literacy requirements for university entrance

The literacy requirement for university entrance can be fulfilled in either English or Te Reo Māori and Te Reo Rangatira, but not a combination of both:

  • 4 credits at Level 2 or higher are required in Reading
  • 4 credits at Level 2 or higher are required in Writing.

Notes:

  1. Where standards count for either Reading or Writing, an individual student may not count credits for both Reading and Writing. Nevertheless, it is possible to split a standard to satisfy the requirement for at least 4 credits in Reading and at least 4 credits in Writing. For example, a student would fulfil the literacy requirement by achieving standards 90721, 90722, and 90723.
  2. The following will be recognised for the Waikato Certificate of Studies, English:
    • Certificate of Studies (CS) 2.1 and 3.1 can count for the university entrance Writing requirement.
    • Certificate of Studies (CS) 2.2 or 2.2 (i) and 3.2 can count for the Reading requirement.

English standards

Standards
Credits
Reading
Writing
  Scholarship if achieved in 2004
Y
Y
Achievement standards
90720 Produce an extended piece of writing in a selected style
4
Y
90721 Respond critically to written text(s) studied
3
Y
Y
90722 Respond critically to Shakespearean drama studied
3
Y
Y
90723 Respond critically to oral or visual text studied
3
Y
Y
90724 Read and respond critically to unfamiliar prose and poetry texts
3
Y
90726 Complete independent research on a language or literature topic and present conclusions in writing
4
Y
Y
90375 Produce crafted and developed creative writing
3
Y
90376 Produce crafted and developed formal transactional writing
3
Y
90377 Analyse extended written text(s)
3
Y
Y
90378 Analyse short written texts
3
Y
Y
90379 Analyse a visual or oral text
3
Y
Y
90380 Read unfamiliar texts and analyse the ideas and language features
3
Y
90381 Investigate a language or literature topic and present information in written form
3
Y
Y
Level 2 achievement standards from 2012
91098 Analyse specified aspects of studied written texts, with supporting evidence (2.1)
4
Y
Y
91099 Analyse specified aspects of studied visual or oral texts, with supporting evidence (2.2)
4
Y
Y
91100 Analyse significant aspects of unfamiliar texts through close reading with supporting evidence (2.3)
4
Y
Y
91101 Produce a selection of crafted and controlled writing (2.4)
6
Y
91104 Analyse significant connections across texts, supported by evidence (2.7)
4
Y
91105 Use information literacy skills to form developed conclusions(s) (2.8)
4
Y
91106 Form developed personal responses to independently read texts, supported by evidence (2.9)
4
Y
Unit standards
8834 Investigate a theme across a range of selected texts and evaluate the outcomes of the investigation
6
Y
8823 Investigate a theme across an inclusive range of selected texts
4
Y
8841 Produce results of literary research in an extended essay to publication standard
6
Y
8842 Produce sustained poetic writing in a range of complex forms to publication standard
6
Y
8835 Produce sustained transactional writing in a range of complex forms
6
Y
8825 Produce transactional written text in complex forms
5
Y
12427 Read closely and evaluate the effectiveness of poetic written texts
4
Y
12428 Read closely and evaluate the effectiveness of transactional written texts
4
Y
12430 Read closely and evaluate the effectiveness of poetic oral texts
3
Y
12429 Read closely and evaluate the effectiveness of transactional oral texts
3
Y
12905 Read an inclusive variety of written texts and record the reading experience
4
Y
12419 Read poetic written text closely
4
Y
12420 Read transactional written text closely
4
Y
12421 Read transactional oral text closely
3
Y
12422 Read poetic oral text closely
3
Y

Te Reo Māori and Te Reo Rangatira standards

Standards
Credits
Reading
Writing
  Scholarship if achieved in 2004
Y
Y
90441
Pānui i te reo o tōna ao mōhio
6
Y
 
90752
Pānui i te reo tawhito
3
Y
 
90753
Pānui i te reo hōu
3
Y
 
7266 v7
Pānui i ngā tuhinga kōrero mō tētahi atu
6
Y
 
7266 v6
Pānui rarangi tuhinga mo nga take o te wa
5
Y
 
90781
Pānui kia whai māramatanga i te reo o te ao whānui
3
Y
 
90784
Pānui kia wetewete i te reo o te ao whānui
3
Y
 
90786
Pānui i te tuhinga roa
3
Y
 
90789
Pānui i ngā tuhinga popoto
3
Y
 
7267 v8
Pānui i ngā pūrongo kōrero mō te tangata me tōna taiao
7
Y
 
7267 v7
Tatari haere i nga kupu tauhou o tetahi tuhinga
7
Y
 
7268 v8
Pānui i ngā whakapuakinga kōrero o ia rā, o ia rā
10
Y
 
7268 v7
Panui i nga tuhituhi ahakoa te kaupapa
9
Y
 
90754
Whakaputa i te tuhinga
4
Y
90755
Titotito i te kōrero whakangahau
3
Y
90770
Tuhituhi i te reo o tōna ao mōhio
4
Y
90757
Hanga tuhinga i te reo o tōna ao mōhio
4
Y
7258 v7
Tuhituhi kōrero mōna ake me ana mahi
6
Y
7258 v6
Tito kōrero poto mo nga take mai i nga kōrero
5
 
Y
90782
Whakaoti tuhituhi ōkawa i te reo o te ao whānui
4
Y
90783
Hanga tuhinga auaha i te reo o te ao whānui
4
Y
90787
Whakaputa i te tuhinga roa
3
Y
90790
Tuhituhi whakaaro e hāngai ana ki te kaupapa
3
Y
7259 v8
Tuhituhi kōrero mō tētahi tangata me tōna taiao
7
Y
7259 v7
Tuhi kōrero kia hāngai ki tetahi kaupapa
7
Y
7260 v8
Tuhituhi kōrero mō tōna ao o ia rā, o ia rā
10
Y
7260 v7
Tuhi i nga momo kōrero whai kiko
9
Y
Level 2 achievement standards from 2012
2.3
Pānui kia mōhio ki te reo o te ao torotoro
6
Y
 
2.4
Tuhi i te reo o te ao torotoro
6
Y
2.5
Waihanga tuhinga i te reo o te ao torotoro
6
Y

Note: The following standards, now expired, will continue to be recognised as meeting the literacy requirements for learners who have them in their Record of Achievement.

Level 2 Level 3
90444
90544
90445
90538
90448
90545
 
90539
 
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