NCEA

New Zealand’s National Certificates of Educational Achievement (NCEA)

NCEA  are national qualifications for senior secondary school students.

NCEA challenges students of all abilities in all learning areas and shows credits and grades for separate skills and knowledge. It enables students to gain credits from both traditional school curriculum areas and alternative programmes.

NCEA and other national certificates are recognised by employers and used as the benchmark for selection by universities and polytechnics. NCEA is also readily accepted overseas, including by universities. When applying for employment, prospective employees can create a summary of their results from their Record of Achievement.

 Many students are also completing NCEA – often at Level 2 – in attempting new qualifications while undertaking tertiary study. For more information see Awarding of NCEA Level 2 after leaving school.

For more information on NCEA visit http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/qualifications/ncea/