Education of New Zealand

5-12 )
Secondary ( Ages 13-18 )
Tertiary :
1.

Polytechnics, Institutes of Technology and Private Education Providers.
2. Universities and colleges of education

10 study a basic core of subjects: English, social study,

general studies, maths, music, art and crafts and physical education.

Years 11-13
The NCEA is New Zealand’ s main national qualification for secondary students
in Years 11-13

Year 11
Level 2 in

Year 12
Level 3 ( and 4 Scholarship qualification) in Year 13
These 3(4) levels are first steps of eight levels in the National Qualifications Framework.
NCEA enables students to link their secondary education to their tertiary education, with all levels recognised by universities and other tertiary education providers around New Zealand.

educational opportunities at tertiary level.
Options available for further study include:

Foundations Studies are an introduction to the NZ education system and courses are useful for students looking to enter the tertiary education system.
Universities (There are about eight State Universities. More then 110 thousand students study there(3-10% are foreigners)).
Institutes of technology and polytechnics
Private training establishments ( most run on a similar timetable to state tertiary institutions.

in NZ starts with these courses.
There is a wide choice

of special language centres and departments of studying English at Polytechnics or Universities. Training is conducted in groups or individually.
They are :
Business English
English during holidays
Languages International - IELTS or TOEFL preparation course.
General English