QA News August 2000 [ NZQA ]

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August 2000 ISSUE 34

Previous Issues:
ISSUE 32 ISSUE 33

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Contents		�	�
•	Editorial	•	What is the NCEA?
•	531,816 New Zealanders registered on the NQF	•	The Framework now plays a significant role in NZ
•	40,227 learners have completed National Certificates or National Diplomas	•	What about the registered learners who have not completed Framework qualifications?
•	What is the National Qualifications Framework?	•	National Certificates most frequently gained to 1999
•	Māori and the Framework	•	The Framework and Industry
•	National Certificates in the News	•	Quality Assurers Meet
•	The Framework in Schools	•	At last - Framework Credits from Prior Learning
NQF Statistics:		�	�
•	Unit Standards Registered to 30 June 2000	•	NQF credits gained by field by year
•	Qualifications awarded by field and level to 30 June 2000	•	NQF qualifications achieved by sector by level to 30 June 2000
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What about the registered learners who have not completed Framework qualifications?

Many are currently working toward their qualifications. National Certificates can require between 60 and 240 credits and can be accumulated over time.
Many registered "learners" are actually "workers" who have been assessed within their company's in house training programme. In many of these programmes companies use only those unit standards relevant to the immediate job. Many workers go on to complete national qualifications.
Some providers offer credits for unit standards within courses leading to "local" (non - NQF) qualifications. Again, many students complete national qualifications.
Many learners are in Training Opportunities Programmes and gain a few unit standard credits as part of their "second-chance" learning. Many will go on to complete either national or local qualifications.
Some of the certificates required in work places (eg for food handling) consist of unit standard credits but are not large enough to be registered on the NQF.
Some learners start on unit standard based programmes and then transfer to degrees or other provider qualifications. Assessment against unit standards has given these learners a start (sometimes a second start) on tertiary education.
Many of the half-million registered learners are still in schools. The delays in introducing full standards- based qualifications in schools meant that many school students gained both exam-based qualifications and unit standard credits (but often not full National Certificates).

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