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National Certificate of Educational Achievement
The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) is a set of national qualifications for senior secondary school students in New Zealand.
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 outside New Zealand, including by universities.
When applying for employment, prospective employees can create a summary of their results from their Record of Achievement.
Since its introduction in 2002, the NCEA qualification system has progressively been improved through a number of initiatives.
The key web site is http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/qualifications/ncea/