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2010 Key Dates for National Secondary Qualifications
| Starts | Ends | |
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| Term 1 | 2 February (earliest) or 5 February (at the latest) |
1 April |
| Term 2 | 19 April | 2 July |
| Term 3 | 19 July | 24 September |
| Term 4 | 11 October | (no later than) 14 December |
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Key Dates |
Year Planner |
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| February | |
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| 1 | Moderation submission date |
| Auckland and Nelson Anniversary | |
| Term 1 | |
| 2 | Earliest day to start Term 1 |
| 2 | Enrol new and transferring students in ENROL (MOE) |
| 5 | Last day to start Term 1 |
| 6 | Waitangi Day |
| 12 | March Roll Return package arrives (MOE) |
| 15 | Student requests for free Record of Achievement opens online |
| 19 | School Contact Information to NZQA |
| Final date for 2009 NCEA exam Reviews and Reconsiderations | |
| 23 | Principal's Nominee seminars begin |
| March | |
| 1 | Moderation submission date |
| Applications for approval to provide Special Assessment Conditions open | |
| 1 | March Roll Return count day (MOE) |
| 8 | Taranaki Anniversary |
| 9 | Principal's Nominee seminars end |
| 12 | Final date for 2009 Scholarship Reviews and Reconsiderations |
| March Roll Return due date (MOE) | |
| 17 | Candidate Information Sheets sent to schools |
| 19 | 2009 Internal Assessment Results web access closes |
| 22 | Otago Anniversary |
| 29 | Top Art Exhibition begins touring |
| April | |
| 1 | Moderation submission date |
| Term 1 ends | |
| Web entries schools' access enabled | |
| 2 | Good Friday |
| 5 | Easter Monday |
| 6 | NZQA advertises for Panel Leaders (marking external examinations) |
| Term 2 | |
| 19 | Term 2 begins |
| NSID files released by the Ministry of Education (upload NSNs into SMS) (MOE) | |
| Prepare data for 1 May file - e.g. NSNs from ENROL | |
| 25 | Anzac Day |
| 26 | Data File Submission links enabled |
| 29 | Scheduled dispatch date of certificates, ROAs and School Results Summary to candidates |
| May | |
| 1 | Moderation submission date |
| Initial data file submission with candidate information and entries due | |
| 3 | Applications for Special Assessment Conditions for external assessment of confirmed candidates open online |
| 17 | Exam Centre Manager online applications open |
| June | |
| 1 | Data file submission to NZQA |
| Moderation submission date | |
| 7 | Queen's Birthday |
| 8 | NZQA advertises for markers (external examinations) |
| 16 | July Roll Return package arrives (MOE) |
| 21 | Candidate NSN cards sent to schools (include information on accessing entries on the web) |
| 28 | Exam Centre Manager online applications close |
| 30 | Student request for free ROA closes online |
| July | |
| 1 | Moderation submission date |
| Data file submission to NZQA | |
| July Roll Return count day (MOE) | |
| 2 | Term 2 ends |
| 12 | July Roll Return due date (MOE) |
| Term 3 | |
| 19 | Term 3 begins |
| 26 | Translated paper requests due |
| August | |
| 1 | Moderation Submission date |
| Data file submission to NZQA. Translated paper "Answer" and "Request" flags must be set. | |
| 16 | Applications for Special Assessment Conditions for external assessment of confirmed candidates close online (and check external standards entered) |
| Check accuracy of internal and external exam entries for 1 September file | |
| 19 | Updated NSID files released by the Ministry of Education (upload into SMS) (MOE) |
| September | |
| 1 | Moderation submission date |
| Final entries for externally assessed standards for personalised exam papers due. No withdrawals from external standards after this date. | |
| Final date for financial assistance applications | |
| Data file submission to NZQA | |
| Check accuracy of internal entries for 1 October file | |
| 10 | Check accuracy of financial assistance application approvals online |
| 17 | Final date for payment of NQF fees to NZQA |
| 20 | Exam Centre manager seminars begin |
| 24 | Term 3 ends |
| 27 | South Canterbury Anniversary |
| October | |
| 1 | Moderation submission date |
| No withdrawals from internal standards after this date | |
| Data file submission to NZQA | |
| 8 | Exam Centre manager seminars end |
| Term 4 | |
| 11 | Term 4 begins |
| Check Billing Report for accuracy of fee allocations | |
| 13 | Derived grade process information sent to schools |
| 20 | Admission Slips for candidates sent to schools |
| 22 | Hawke's Bay Anniversary |
| Instructions for administering Information Management CATs sent to schools | |
| 25 | Labour Day |
| 26 | Submission date for external level 1 Visual Arts verification samples and completed entry of all provisional results online |
| November | |
| 1 | Moderation Submission date |
| Data file submission to NZQA | |
| Administration of Information Management CATs begins | |
| Submission date for external level 2 Visual Arts verification samples and completed entry of all provisional results online | |
| Marlborough Anniversary | |
| 3 | Portfolio submission date for NCEA and Scholarship Graphics and Technology, Education for Sustainability (level 3) external standards |
| 5 | Derived grade applications open online |
| 10 | Portfolio Submission date for Visual Arts level 3 and Scholarship external standards |
| 11 | Scholarship exams start |
| 12 | Completion date for administration of Information Management CATs |
| Canterbury Anniversary (no examinations on this day) | |
| 15 | NCEA exams start |
| 26 | Completed entry of all final results online for all externally assessed Visual Arts levels 1 and 2 standards |
| 29 | Westland and Chatham Islands Anniversary |
| December | |
| 1 | Moderation submission date |
| NCEA and Scholarship exams end | |
| 3 | Provide school holiday emergency contact details to NZQA |
| Final data file submission to NZQA | |
| 7 | Derived grade online applications close |
| 8 | Data file submission links and school web entry access disabled |
| 13 | Internal Assessment Results web access opens |
| 14 | Term 4 ends |
| 24 | Leaving students must be withdrawn in ENROL (MOE) |
| 25 | Christmas Day |
| 26 | Boxing Day |
| January 2011 | |
| 1 | New Year's Day |
| 17 | Southland Anniversary |
| 24 | Wellington Anniversary |
| 31 | Auckland Anniversary |
Last updated: 09 February 2010