FIELD                 MĀORI

 

Review of Governance of Māori Authorities qualification

 

National Certificate in Governance of Māori Authorities [Ref: 1201]

 

NZQA Māori Qualifications Services (MQS) has completed the review of the qualification listed above.

 

Date new versions published                                                          April 2011

 

The next qualification review is planned to take place during 2016.

 

Summary of review and consultation process

 

This qualifications was reviewed as part of the MQS review cycle.  Although this qualification has not yet been awarded, the NZQA Māori Economic Development Forum, along with the Governance of Māori Authorities Whakaruruhau, are supporting this review as they see this as an area with a huge potential for development.  MQS is currently developing a suite of governance qualifications from Level 3 to 6.

 

Consultation was undertaken with the Governance of Māori Authorities Whakaruruhau and an accredited provider proposing to deliver the qualification.  All changes made to the qualification were endorsed by the Whakaruruhau and the provider throughout 2010 during hui, email and telephone communication.

 

Main changes resulting from the review

 

The title was updated to include the Level of the qualification and the content of the qualification was updated.

 

National Certificate in Governance of Māori Authorities [Ref: 1201]

National Certificate in Governance of Māori Authorities (Level 3) [Ref: 1201]

 

Review category

B

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

 

Changes to structure and content

·         Title was updated to include the level of the qualification.

·         Credit value for the qualification has decreased from 48 to 44 credits.

·         Standard 26425 has replaced standard 21658.

·         Standard 21659 is no longer listed in the qualification.

·         Titles, levels and credits of the standards in the qualification were updated as a result of the recent review.

 

Transition

 

This qualification contains a standard that replaced an earlier standard.  For the purposes of this qualification, people who have gained credit for the expiring standard are exempt from the requirement to gain credit for the replacement standard - see table below.

 

Credit for	Exempt from
21658	26425

 

People currently enrolled in programmes leading to the award of version 1 of the qualification may complete that version before December 2012, or transfer to version 2 of the qualification.

 

MQS intends that no existing candidate is disadvantaged by the review of this qualification.  Anyone who feels that they have been disadvantaged should contact MQS at the address below.

 

NZQA Māori Qualifications Services

PO Box 160

WELLINGTON

 

Telephone              04 463 3000

Email                       mqs@nzqa.govt.nz

Website                   http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/

 

Key to Qualification Review Categories

 

Category A The qualification is published as a new version with the same NQF ID	Changes are made to SSB name, contact details or purpose statement
	No change is made to title, rules or components of the qualification
	No transition arrangements are required
Category B The qualification is published as a new version with the same NQF ID	Changes are made to title, rules or components
	The new version of the qualification recognises a similar skill set to that recognised by the previous version
	The SSB is confident that people awarded the new or previous version are comparable in terms of competence
	Transition arrangements are required if candidates must gain additional/different credits for the new version
Category C A new (replacement) qualification is published with new NQF ID	Significant changes are made to the qualification in terms of components, structure, type or level
	The SSB views people with the replacement qualification as being significantly different in terms of competence from those with the replaced qualification
	Transition arrangements are required
	Transition may be limited to phase-out dates
Category D Qualification will expire. There is no replacement qualification	Qualification is no longer required by industry
	The qualification is designated as expiring and a last date for meeting the qualification requirements is set