EDUCATION SYSTEM

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EDUCATION SYSTEM CODE OF PRACTICE
Session 2 Carol Ho, New Zealand Trade Development
Centre
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THE SYSTEM OVERVIEW

• Primary and SecondaryState Funded, Private and
  IntegratedNational Certificate of Education
  Achievement (NCEA)Pathway to tertiary education
• Tertiary8 Universities
• 21 Institutes Of Technology And Polytechnics
  (ITPs)
• Many Private Training Establishment
• English Language TrainingPrivate Training
  Establishments Universities and ITPs

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PATHWAYS

• Tertiary18 years old
• Secondary 13 17 years old
• Intermediate11 12 years old
• Primary5 10 years old
• Pre School3 5 years old

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PRIMARY INTERMEDIATE

• 5 10 years old
• Not all junior schools accept international
  students
• Find junior schools by
• doing a search on www.newzealandeducated.com
• checking Code of Practice list on
  www.minedu.govt.nz/goto/international
• doing a search on www.tki.org.nz/e/schools

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SECONDARY

• Year 9 10
• Basic core of subjects, no formalised assessment
• Year 11 (NCEA Level 1)Begin to specialise.
  Mathematics, English and Science compulsory
• Year 12 (NCEA Level 2)Specialise to six
  subjects, must include English
• Year 13 (NCEA Level 3)Four to six subjects,
  ideally relevant to tertiary study

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2008 SCHOOL TERMS

Term One late Jan/early Feb Friday 18th
April Term Two Monday 5th May Friday 4th
July Term Three Monday 21st July Friday 26th
September Term Four Monday 13th October 17th
19th December School terms can be viewed at
www.minedu.govt.nz then click School Terms
Holidays



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QUALITY ASSURANCE

• Secondary SchoolsEducation Review Office (ERO)
  www.ero.govt.nz - Monitors schoolsNew Zealand
  Qualifications Authority (NZQA)
  www.nzqa.govt.nz - Sets Reviews qualification
  standards - Administers national exams
• UniversitiesNew Zealand Vice Chancellors
  Committee (NZVCC) www.nzvcc.ac.nz - Advises on
  academic programmes
• ITPs, PTEs and English LanguageNew Zealand
  Qualifications Authority (NZQA) www.nzqa.govt.nz
• - Approves assures programme quality -
  Audits institutions courses

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PASTORAL CARE
www.minedu.govt.nz/goto/international

• Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of
  International Students
• All providers enrolling international students
  must sign and comply
• with the Code
• When students from other countries come to study
  in New Zealand, it is important that they are
  well informed, safe, and properly cared for
• A Chinese translation of the Code is at
  http//www.minedu.govt.nz/web/downloadable/dl6809_
  v1/chinese-traditional.pdf
• International Appeals Authority

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AGENT RESPONSIBILITY

• PART 3 CONTRACTED AGENTS
• 11.1 Signatories must advise recruitment agents
  that recruitment agents must comply with the
  Code.
• 11.2 Signatories must direct recruitment agents
  to a copy of the Code, in the agent's first
  language where available.
• 11.3 Signatories must advise recruitment agents
  that their agreement may be terminated for
  breach of the Code by the agent. This must be
  stated in any written agreement between a
  signatory and an agent.
• 11.4 Signatories acknowledge that the ethical
  performance of recruitment agents is of
  paramount importance.
• 11.5 If a signatory becomes aware that a
  recruitment agent is
• (a) Engaging in any false, misleading, or
  deceptive conduct and/or (b) Contravening any
  of the signatory's obligations under the Code
  the signatory shall immediately advise the
  agent in writing that they must cease that
  activity.
• 11.5.1 If the agent fails to cease the activity,
  the signatory must immediately
• (a) Withdraw their accreditation of that agent
  (b) Terminate their agreement with that agent
  and (c) Stop accepting students through that
  agent.

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APPEAL AUTHORITY
PART 7 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES 24.3 Signatories
must display information about complaints
procedures available and the IEAA in prominent
positions within the institution. 25.5 Students
who consider that the services provided by a
signatory do not satisfy the requirements of the
Code may contact the IEAA after they have used
the schools internal procedures. 25.8 The IEAA
may refer complaints about matters outside the
scope of this Code, such as complaints about the
quality of education delivery and/or quality
assurance, to any relevant body empowered to
investigate the particular complaint. 26.1 The
IEAA will notify all parties affected by a
complaint of its decision in writing. The IEAA's
decision will be binding on all affected parties.

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PISA 2003
See www.oecd.org then search for PISA
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THE END

• Look at websites in this presentation for more
  information
• Or send your questions to NZTDC Taipei or ENZ
  Wellington
• carol.ho_at_nzte.govt.nz sarah.cornish_at_educatio
  nnz.org.nz