In selecting their Year 11 courses, students must also think ahead to Years 12 and 13 and make sure that they keep their options open.
Please refer to the Proposed Course Structure Chart to see the courses available at these levels.
At Year 11 the qualification is the National Certificate of Educational Achievement - Level 1.
In most subjects there will be a combination of internally and externally assessed Achievement Standards.
Each Achievement Standard has a credit value.
A full year’s course is worth 18-24 credits.
For a student to be awarded NCEA Level 1 they must achieve 80 credits.
Of these, ten credits must be in literacy standards and ten credits in numeracy standards. Students will be able to attain Achieved, Achieved with Merit, Achieved with Excellence, in each achievement standard in each subject. Unit standards may be offered in some courses where they support student learning.
As a result of reviews undertaken by NZQA there may be some changes to the stated achievement standards and unit standards.
Endorsement of Certificates
NCEA certificates can be gained with endorsement at Merit and Excellence levels. Students will require 50 credits at Excellence level to gain NCEA Level 1, 2 or 3 certificates endorsed with Excellence, and 50 credits at Merit (or Merit and Excellence), to gain NCEA Level 1, 2 or 3 certificates endorsed with Merit. These credits may be gained over more than one year. Credits at a higher level may count towards the endorsement of a certificate at a lower level.
Course Endorsements for NCEA
From 2011 NCEA candidates will have their strengths in individual courses acknowledged with course endorsement at Excellence or Merit. Students must gain 14 or more credits at Excellence level for endorsement for Excellence or 14 or more credits at Excellence/Merit level for endorsement at Merit. At least three of these credits must be from externally assessed standards and three from internally assessed standards. However, Physical Education, Religious Studies and Level 3 Visual Arts are exempt from the requirement for three externally assessed credits as these courses are fully internally assessed. All credits must be achieved in the same year.
NB: In this year students will be able to choose their qualification pathway in Years 12 and 13 - NCEA or IB.
Option Sheet Y11
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