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What we do
Our services span the secondary and tertiary education sectors. NZQA administers the National Certificates of Educational Achievement (NCEAs) for secondary school students and is responsible for the quality assurance of non-university tertiary training providers.
NZQA's priority is to support our diverse range of clients by providing effective and efficient services, within our statutory mandate, that meet their specific needs.
Our key responsibilities are the delivery of the following services: | The services we deliver provide: |
develop, register and support the New Zealand Qualifications Framework |
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manage the external assessment of secondary school students and moderate secondary schools' internal assessment activities and processes |
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quality assure non-university tertiary education organisations and their courses, and moderate assessment activities and processes for national qualifications for NZQA-owned unit standards |
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maintain effective liaison with overseas certifying and validating bodies in order to recognise overseas educational and vocational qualifications in New Zealand, and to achieve recognition of New Zealand educational and vocational qualifications overseas |
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act as a standard-setting body |
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For an idea of the scale of our work, see Our work by the numbers.