Course Endorsement
RECOGNISING HIGH ACHIEVEMENT WITH 'ENDORSEMENTS'
YEAR 11, 12 & 13
Course endorsement provides recognition for a student who has performed exceptionally well in an individual course.
Learn how to monitor your progress
towards Course endorsements
Students will gain an endorsement for a course if, in a single school year, they achieve:
- 14 or more credits at Merit or Excellence, and
- at least 3 of these credits from externally assessed standards and 3 credits from internally assessed standards. Note, this does not apply to Physical Education, Religious Studies and level 3 Visual Arts.
A course endorsement is not a qualification.
A course endorsement can be awarded even if a qualification for that level is not achieved. For example, a student may achieve a Merit endorsement for their Level 2 Mathematics course regardless of whether they achieve NCEA Level 2. Scenarios
may assist with further understanding.
For more information how course endorsement works, see the Course Endorsement Guide.
For the Rules on course endorsement, see Section 8.1 Rules and Procedures.
