About the new draft standards
NZQA National Qualifications Services (NQS) invites your comments on 7 new draft standards to support the New Zealand Certificate in Foundation Skills (level 2).
New Zealand Certificate in Foundation Skills (Level 2) (external link)
They were developed by a representative panel and supported by stakeholders in Foundation Skills education, in both secondary and tertiary contexts.
When a person has been awarded credit for all these standards, they can also be awarded the qualification. But these standards can also be used individually in programmes not linked to the qualification. This mirrors the position with the existing level 1 standards – Foundation Skills - Te Ara Tupu.
Foundation Skills - Te Ara Tupu (external link)
Skill standards and unit standards
Please note that these are skill standards, and not unit standards. Skill standards will eventually replace all unit standards from 2025 onwards, and the stakeholder panel decided to develop them immediately.
Skill standards focus on learning rather than explicitly on assessment as unit standards do. The learning objectives in skill standards describe the learner’s learning journey towards achieving the standard’s title.
Read about the proposed skill standards components [PDF, 172 KB]
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How to provide your feedback
You are welcome to send us your comments in annotated standards, a separate email, or another way that is helpful.
Please send your comments to NQS by Wednesday 29 November:
The new draft skill standards (level 2)
Please provide your feedback on the draft skill standards provided below.
Note that standards 1, 2, and 4 refer to the corresponding entire Graduate profile outcome (GPO) in the New Zealand Certificate in Foundation Skills (level 2) [Ref:2862], while standards 3.1 to 3.4 collectively refer to the third GPO.
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