Additional Qualification Information

 

All tertiary education providers in New Zealand are required by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) to provide links to a set of additional information, related to their qualifications, that is available on a government website called Tahatū .

However, the information NZGSE is required to link to is generic and not specifically related to our programmes. Accordingly, it is unlikely to be helpful to prospective applicants. We recommend that prospective applicants read the Notes below.

Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (Primary)
Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary)

NOTE: This page is currently being updated

Some of the information below relates to the former 'Key Information for Students' on the government’s Careers website.

  1. NZGSE does not use the word ‘students’ to refer those who are enrolled in its programmes. Because schools now refer to their pupils as ‘students’, and as we work extensively in schools, we consistently refer to our own students as interns, or teacher interns.

  2. NZGSE follows NZQA’s convention and uses the word ‘programme’ to refer to a process of study leading to a full qualification. In NZQA terminology, a ‘course’ is a component of a programme. However, the Tahatū website refers to NZGSE’s programmes as ‘courses’.

  3. It is important to note that the National Graduate Outcomes reported in the Tahatū website are not the outcomes for NZGSE’s graduates. The National Graduate Outcomes are a collation from many providers. The employment rate in teaching is higher than 97% for NZGSE’s graduates

  4. There is a similar issue in the section under ‘What graduates earn’. These data do not represent the earnings of NZGSE’s graduates, as they do not accurately represent the salaries of teachers in New Zealand schools.

  5. The Tahatū website includes current fees information about NZGSE’s programmes. The information pack available on this website includes fees information applicable to our next intake.

  6. The Scholarship Information included is not relevant to NZGSE’s programmes.

  7. The Tahatū website incorrectly states that all postgraduate diplomas in teaching (secondary) are two-year porgrammes. NZGSE’s is defined as a 12-month programme.