NCEA
National Certificate in Educational Achievement
National Certificate in Educational Achievement
Each year, you study courses or subjects.
Achievement in each subject may be assessed through several standards, with each standard covering a specific set of skills and knowledge. For example, a Science standard is: Investigate implications of electricity and magnetism for everyday life.
Schools use internal and external assessments to measure how well you meet these standards.
When you achieve a standard, you gain credits. You must achieve a certain number of credits to gain NCEA.
There are 3 levels of NCEA. In general, students work through levels 1 to 3 in years 11 to 13 at school.
Achievement at each level or in a course is recognised with endorsements.
Find out how many credits you need and about the 3 levels of NCEA: