NCEA Level 1 Courses

LEVEL ONE CERTIFICATE

• Students need to gain 80 credits from Level 1 or higher. 
• Of those 80 credits, 10 must be literacy credits which are gained from specified achievement standards available through a range of subjects, and 10 must be numeracy credits available mainly through Mathematics. 
• Individual students are monitored to ensure they have adequate assessment opportunity available in order to obtain literacy and numeracy.

CERTIFICATE ENDORSEMENT

• Students are able to achieve Level 1, 2 or 3 NCEA with Merit or Excellence Certificate Endorsements.  
• Merit Endorsement at a particular level requires 50 credits at “merit” or “excellence” at that level or higher.  
• Excellence Endorsement at a particular level requires 50 credits at “excellence” at that level or higher.  
• Students can accumulate merits and excellences over more than one year and their record will be checked annually to determine whether they are entitled to an endorsement of any NCEA certificate.

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