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Literacy & Numeracy Guide
← Home| What is the Literacy/Numeracy Co-Requisite? |
- One of the new reforms to NCEA is the introduction of the Literacy & Numeracy Co-Requisite.
- The purpose is to ensure students with an NCEA have functional literacy and numeracy skills that will ready them to transition into tertiary education or the workplace.
- Learners will need to achieve a 20-credit co-requisite using the new literacy and numeracy from 2024
- Any students who has already achieved L1 Literacy and L1 Numeracy prior to 2024 will not need to complete this new co-requisite.
| Level | Credits | + | Co-Requisite | Credits |
| 1 | 60 | Literacy (Reading) | 5 | |
| 2 | 60 | Literacy (Writing) | 5 | |
| 3 | 60 | Numeracy | 10 |
- Learners will not be awarded an NCEA Level 1, 2 or 3 without having completed the co-requisite
| The Literacy Co-Requisite |
- NCEA Literacy supports ākonga to develop a level of literacy knowledge and skills to engage successfully with all the learning areas of the New Zealand Curriculum, as well as learning in non-school settings.
- NCEA Literacy covers foundational literacy.
- There are two standards (5 credits each)
- US32403: Read written texts to understand ideas and information
- US32405: Write texts to communicate ideas and information.
| The Numeracy Co-Requisite |
- Numeracy is a foundational skill that enables access to further learning, develops important life skills, and allows people to fully engage in work and in their communities..
- The Numeracy standard requires ākonga to master the mathematics and statistics content ideas at Level 4 of the New Zealand Curriculum AND interweave these content ideas with mathematical and statistical process ideas.
- There is one standard (10 credits)
- US32406: Use mathematics and statistics to meet the numeracy demands of a range of situations
| How is the Co-Requisite Assessed? |
- The co-requisites are assessed DIGITALLY, in an exam-type format called a Common Assessment Activity (CAA)
- There are three separate CAA's (Numeracy, Reading & Writing)
- They are sat by students in either Term 2 or Term 4
- The co-requisites are sat at school during the year, but marked by NZQA.
- They are an EXTERNAL assessment
| More Information |
- For more information please check out... https://ncea.education.govt.nz/ncea-literacy-and-numeracy-students-and-whanau
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