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Degree Tohu paetahi, paerua
A qualification awarded after satisfactory completion of a programme of advanced learning that is taught mainly by people engaged in research and emphasises general principles and basic knowledge as the basis for self-directed work and learning.
He tohu mātauranga ka tukua i muri i te whakaotinga me te whakatūtukitanga i tētahi hōtaka akoranga whatutoto. Ko tōna tikanga ka tukua e ngā tāngata i roto i te mahi rangahau ka whakaputaina ngā mātāpono whānui me te mātauranga taketake hei pūtake mō te mahi mā te kaitono anō hei whai.
Delivery Tukunga
The various aspects of a provided learning experience, including the content and context of the programme, resources, staff, teaching and learning strategies and assessment activities.
Ko ngā āhuatanga o te akoranga ka tukua, tae atu ki te mōhiotanga me te horopaki o te hōtaka, ngā rauemi, ngā kaimahi, ngā rautaki o te whakaako me te ako me ngā ngohe aromatawai.
Derived Grade (previously Compassionate Consideration) He Taunaki Kī taurangi (e mōhiotia ana ko te paetae whaikoha)
Candidates who through illness or misadventure have been prevented from sitting exams, or who consider that their performance in an external assessment has been seriously impaired because of exceptional circumstances beyond their control, may apply to NZQA to be awarded a derived grade.
A derived grade is based solely on the student's pre-existing standard-specific evidence held by the school.
Mō ngā ākonga e pāngia ana e te māuiui, e hapa ana rānei i tētahi tino pierenuku o te wā. Mēnā e rarungia ana koe e tētahi tino take wairuatoa kei a koe te āheinga ki te tono mō tētahi Taunaki kī taurangi.
Ka hua te whiwhinga taumata mākoha i runga anō i ngā taunaki kua kohia e te kura.
Directory of Assessment Standards Rārangi Paetae Aromatawai
The Directory of Assessment Standards (previously part of the National Qualifications Framework) lists all quality-assured unit and achievement standards, known collectively as 'assessment standards'.
He rārangi e tohu ana i ngā paetae me nga paerewa paetae ā-motu (i honoa ai ki te Taura Here Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa). E mōhiotia ana ko ngā ‘paetae aromatawai’.
Discretionary Entrance Whakauru Matawhāitihanga
The Discretionary Entrance Regulations were published in July 2002 and came into force in 2003. They provide a route to university study for students under 20 years of age who have not continued secondary education beyond Year 12.
Discretionary Entrance Regulations, Guidelines and Procedures [PDF, 113KB] (external link)
He mea whakaputa ngā Ture Ārahi o ngā Whakauru Matawhāitihanga i te Hūrae i te tau 2002, ā, ka whakamanatia i te tau 2003. He huarahi tēnei mā ngā akonga e ririki ana i te 20 tau te pakeke kihai i tutuki i te kura tuarua ki tua o te tau 12 (Tirohia pae tukutuku mō Te Pōkai Tara).
Discretionary Entrance Regulations, Guidelines and Procedures [PDF, 113KB] (external link)
Domain Huinga pū
An area of learning within a sub-field of the Directory of Assessment Standards.
He wāhi ako o tētahi marau akoranga o te Te Rārangi Paetae Aromatawai.
Domestic student Ākonga tara ā-whare
A domestic student is someone who is either a) a New Zealand citizen, b) the holder of a residence class visa, or c) required by the Minister or Gazette notice to be treated as if they are not an international student.
He kirirarau tēnei ākonga ki Aotearoa, ā, he ākonga rānei e mau pane uruwhenua hei kairehireneti, ā, he ākonga ka whakawāhia e te Minita, e te pānui Kahiti rānei me te mea ehara i te ākonga rāwāhi.