Media releases

141,000 prepare for examinations More than 141,000 candidates are preparing for this year's NCEA and NZ Scholarship exams being held from November 14 to December 2, 2009. The first exams are NZ Scholarship subjects, Classical Studies and Agricultural & Horticultural Science on Saturday, November 14. More ...	November 2009
Twitter service for exam candidates Candidates in this year's NCEA and Scholarship senior secondary school exams can sign up to receive reminders and updates from NZQA through the social networking site, Twitter.com. More ...	October 2009
NZQA investigation into alleged fraudulent activity The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) is investigating allegations of fraudulent activity by a private training establishment, made in the TV2 programme Illegal New Zealand, last night (Thursday, 20 August). More ...	August 2009
Breaches of Examinations Rules The number of serious breaches of examination rules dropped by almost half in the 2008 senior secondary school examinations. More ...	July 2009
New Rules and Procedures for Further Assessment Opportunities Secondary school students will have a maximum of one reassessment chance for internally assessed NCEA standards from 2010, under new rules and procedures announced by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA). More ...	July 2009
Credit where it's due for young songwriters & performers The 2009 National Secondary School Songwriting Competition and the 2009 Peace Song Competition are open to all secondary school students, with entries closing on Friday, 5 June 2009. More ...	May 2009
Top Scholars To Be Recognised at Parliament The Minister of Education, Hon. Anne Tolley will present Top Scholar Awards to the top performers in the 2008 Scholarship exams at Parliament tomorrow, Thursday 14 May. The 2008 New Zealand Scholarship Top Scholar Awards recognise the 29 elite students that make up the country's Premier Award and Top Subject Scholarship Award winners. More ...	May 2009
New-look statistics pages deliver clearer results National NCEA statistics for 2008 will be available online on the NZQA website by 5pm today (Monday, 11 May, 2009). The newly designed statistics web-pages include, for the first time, data based on participation, which identifies students who could potentially gain qualifications in a particular year, rather than including all students on a school roll. More ...	May 2009
Top Art tours the country! Visual Art from New Zealand's top secondary school art students will be featured in a touring exhibition visiting approximately 30 different venues throughout the country over the next five months. More ...	March 2009
Draft guidelines on further assessment opportunities - for consultation As indicated last year, the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) has developed a set of draft guidelines for schools on reassessment and resubmission opportunities for internal assessment. More ...	March 2009
Top Scholarship Award winners announced NZQA has confirmed the Premier Award and Top Subject Scholarship Award winners for 2008. A total of 29 students made up the country's 10 Premier Award and Top Subject Scholarship Award winners, with several students winning awards in both categories. More ...	March 2009
Scholarship results released Scholarship results for almost 9000 students who sat exams at the end of last year have been posted and will reach candidates from today (18 February). Results will also be available this afternoon to students via secure login on the NZQA website. More ...	February 2009
NCEA Results The nervous wait for NCEA exam results is almost over for the almost 140,000 candidates who sat exams at the end of 2008, with results notices due to be delivered from tomorrow (15 January). More...	January 2009
Exam focus moves to marking The 2008 examination focus has turned to marking nearly 1.9 million answer booklets covering 322 NCEA standards and 28 Scholarship subjects. Examinations ended on Wednesday (3 December). More ...	December 2008
Examination Update With four days of NCEA and NZ Scholarship examinations remaining (from tomorrow) more than 230 NCEA standards and 18 Scholarship subjects have been sat in more than 80 examination sessions. More ...	November 2008
Examination Update - 21 November The first week of NCEA and NZ Scholarship exams has covered 132 NCEA standards and nine Scholarship subjects, sat in more than 40 examination sessions. More ...	November 2008
Examination Update Two errors in examination questions have been identified among the 43 examination papers sat to date (up to and including Tuesday morning, 18 November). Candidates' results will not be affected by the errors, which will be taken into account during marking. More ...	November 2008
139,000 prepare for examinations Last-minute study is underway for more than 139,000 senior secondary school students preparing for NCEA and NZ Scholarship examinations, starting on Saturday (November 15). Assessment of Visual Arts, Graphics and Technology portfolios is already underway. More ...	November 2008
Changes to New Zealand Scholarship subject list for 2009 Top secondary students of Agricultural and Horticultural Science will be able to tackle NZ Scholarship exams from next year (2009). Also from 2009, Scholarship Visual Arts will be assessed as five separate subjects: Design, Painting, Photography, Printmaking and Sculpture. More ...	October 2008

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