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Visit this articleNote: the following information is adapted from Secondary Schools Qualifications: A Guide for Students published by NZQA
Visit this articleCourse endorsements recognize exceptional achievement in an individual subject course.
Visit this articleScholarship is externally assessed. It is designed to extend the very best students and to financially reward able students who are going on to tertiary study. It is not a qualification. There are five classes or levels of monetary awards. These range in value from $500 per subject to $10,000 each year for three years.
Visit this articleColumba College is a Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Science and Business
Visit this articleEntry into this course is subject to approval and availability of space.
Visit this articleThe NCEA Chinese Level 2 class aims to help students to achieve competence up to and including Chinese Curriculum Levels 6 and 7.
Visit this articleThis is a continuing course, with emphasis on the study of topics of interest to young people. Some topics deal with universal problems such as issues relating to health and family, while others relate specifically to France and French-speaking countries.
Visit this articleA theme approach is continued at Level 2 but language and material go beyond basic communication and students read and talk about issues on a more abstract level. Wider, more unsupervised reading is encouraged, as well as greater creativity in writing.
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Visit this articleScholarship candidates need to be enrolled full-time in a secondary school or wharekura. In order to receive a monetary award, a student must be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident and enrolled in tertiary study in New Zealand in the years they receive monetary awards
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