education in new zealand

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A CLOSER LOOK AT THEEDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

OF NEW ZEALAND


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EDUCATION IN NEW ZEALAND

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BASIC EDUCATION

Compulsory for all children fromage 6 to 6

Education is free for all Ne!"ealand citi#ens or residents

A$erage num%er of students to ateacher is & to in primaryschooling and ' to in secondaryschooling in state schools(

Three )*+ types of schools,

- state-funded

- state integrated

- pri$ate


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BASIC EDUCATION

National curriculum is set out as a learningre.uirements for all state schools(

Core su%/ects,

English 0 Science

1ealth and 0 Social Science

2hysical education 0 Technology

3anguage 0 The Arts

4athematics and

Statistics


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BASIC EDUCATIONSecondary school may add su%/ects such

as,

Accounting

Art history 4edia studies

Speciali#ed science

3anguage studies(


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BASIC EDUCATION5i$e )'+ competencies co$ered %y National

Curriculum,

(Thining

7(Using language8 sym%ols8 and te9ts-di:erent !ays

*(4anaging self ;can do< attitude

=(>elating to others'(2articipating and Contri%uting


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BASIC EDUCATIONNational curriculum includes a $ision for the young

people to %e con?dent8 lifelong earners(

Importance of di:erent cultures to $alue,

E9cellence

Inno$ation8 in.uiry and curiosity

Di$ersity

>espect

E.uity Community and participation

Ecological sustaina%ility

Integrity


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BASIC EDUCATIONNE@ "EA3AND 3EE3S O5 EDUCATION

SCHOOLIN.

LE/EL

YEARS0.RAD

ES

A.E

Early Childhood 2re-School Birth 'years

2rimary School ears - & ' - *

IntermediateSchool

ears - & - *

SecondarySchool

ears - * or&

Tertiary Uni$ersity or on!ards


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BASIC EDUCATION2rimary Schools Ne! "ealand la!

re.uires all children aged si9 years ando$er to %e in schools(

Secondary Schools students progressthrough ?$e le$els and must stay until age &(

rades F and G students learn,

- English - SocialStudies

- 4ath - Arts

- Science and - 2hysical and


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BASIC EDUCATION

National Certi?cate in EducationalAchie$ement )NCEA+ is the national

.uali?cation for secondary schoolsstudents(

Three NCEA .uali?cations, 3e$el 8 3e$el78 3e$el *


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BASIC EDUCATIONSchool Term

School year is di$ided into four terms for primary8intermediate8 and secondary schools(

Si9 !ee summer holiday %rea and three t!o-%reas %et!een each of the four terms(

The terms are,

- Term Early 5e%ruary until mid-April

- Term 7 3ate April until the %eginning of Huly

- Term * 4id Huly until later Septem%er

- Term = 4id Octo%er until 4id - Decem%er


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1I1E> EDUCATIONUNIE>SITIES IN NE@ "EA3AND

There are eight go$ernment- fundeduni$ersities and all ha$e internationally

respected academic and research standards(Open to anyone !ho meets the commonstandards prescri%ed %y the Ne! "ealanduali?cations Authority )N"A+(

Students !or to!ards %achelors8 mastersand doctoral degrees as !ell as diplomas at$arious le$els(


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1I1E> EDUCATIONINSTITUTES O5 TEC1NO3O AND

2O3TEC1NICS

State-o!ned

O:er courses that are e.ui$alent in meritto those !ho o:ered as degrees inuni$ersities(

7G polytechnic and technology institutesin the country(

O:er short term courses that may %e%egin any time of the year(


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1I1E> EDUCATION Colleges of Education in most cases are

merged !ith regional uni$ersities(

Short term courses are %eing o:ered for

the professional de$elopment of teachers( Colleges of Education ha$e e9tended their

ser$ices to pu%lic schools in their areas(

2u%lic teachers also in the de$elopment ofpre ser$ice teachers %y acting as mentorduring their teaching practicum(


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1I1E> EDUCATION2ri$ate Training Institutions and English

3anguage 2rograms

&GG pri$ate education pro$iders in the

country8 many of !hich are o:ering short-term English language courses(

O:er courses in speci?c areas lie%usiness8 computing and design(

2ri$ate training institutions are registeredand accredited %y N"A(

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