By TBHS | Posted: Friday September 18, 2020
Please note the following changes to NCEA Credits:
Learning Recognition Credits
Students working towards an NCEA can gain additional credits, based on the number of credits they achieve during the 2020 school year. These additional credits will be known as Learning Recognition (LR) credits. For every 5 credits a student achieves towards their NCEA either through internal or external assessment, they are entitled to an additional 1 credit.
NCEA Level 1 are eligible for up to a maximum of 10 additional credits
NCEA Levels 2 and 3 are eligible for up to a maximum of 8 additional credits.
The LR credits will only appear (if needed) when results are issued by NZQA in 2021.
Summary
If you have 70 credits at Level 1 you will have earned an additional 10 LR credits to gain Level 1
If you have 52 credits at Level 2 you will have earned an additional 8 LR credits to gain Level 2 (this assumes you have carried 20 credits forward from Level 1)
If you have 52 credits at Level 3 you will have earned an additional 8 LR credits to gain Level 3 (this assumes you have carried 20 credits forward from Level 2)
Certificate Endorsement
Students will be awarded a certificate endorsement if they achieve 46 credits at Merit or Excellence level, rather than the usual 50.
Course Endorsement
Students achieving 12 credits at Merit or Excellence level in a course – rather than 14 – will be awarded a course endorsement. (this still needs to include an external result at that level)
University Entrance Requirements
Current UE requirements have been reduced from 14 to 12 credits in three UE-approved subjects. Students still need to attain NCEA Level 3 and meet literacy and numeracy requirements to be awarded University Entrance.
