NCEA

What are your goals and dreams?  What is your ideal career?  Do you want to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand or overseas?

To reach your goals, what do you need to learn?  What subjects do you need to study while you are at school, like Science, Technology, Maths or Te Reo Māori?

NCEA is for everyone, whether you want to do an apprenticeship, go on to further study, or be ready to get a job when you leave school.

Getting NCEA makes a difference to how much you will earn in the future.

Within nine years of leaving school, people with NCEA Level 2 earn twice as much, on average, as people with no qualification.

Staying at school and getting University Entrance (UE) means you will earn 25 percent more, on average, than if you leave school with NCEA Level 2.

Information from NZQA's Guide to NCEA, February 2024