Students in New Zealand are supported to solve problems, process information, work with others, create and innovate. Whichever level you’re studying at New Zealand can give you a high-quality education that will enable you to achieve your goals.

新西兰的教育重在培养学生解决问题、处理信息、团队协作以及创作革新的能力。在新西兰，每一环节的教育都将竭力为您的小孩提供高质量的教育，帮助孩子实现人生理想。

Early childhood education provides education and care for children before they are old enough to go to school.

早教旨在为学龄前儿童提供教育和照顾。

New Zealand has more than 4000 licensed early childhood education services available, including kindergartens, childcare centres, play centres, home-based care and playgroups.

新西兰全国有超过4000家的持有政府办法执照的早教机构，包括幼儿园、育儿中心、游乐中心、住家照料以及游乐场。

Primary school students study subjects guided by New Zealand National Curriculum: English, the arts, health and physical education, languages, mathematics and statistics, science, social sciences and technology.

新西兰的小学课程纲要由新西兰国会制定，主要课程包括：英语、艺术、健康与体育、语言、数学和统计、科学、社会科学和技术。

Students’ abilities in reading, writing and maths are regularly assessed against expectations for their age level, as set out by New Zealand’s National Standards.

新西兰小学生的阅读、协作能力以及数学水平会根据其年龄做常规评估，以保证孩子能力的健康发展。该评估由新西兰国会制定。

National Standards 关于评估标准，可参考官方网站

Intermediate schools are a bridge between primary school and secondary school.

新西兰的初中是链接小学和中学的桥梁。

Primary education starts at Year 1 and continues through to Year 8. Years 7 and 8 are offered either at a primary school or at a separate intermediate school.

新西兰的初等教育起始于小学1年级，一直到8年级。其中7、8年级可在就读于小学学校，也可就读于独立的初中学校。

New Zealand has three types of school:

• state schools, where 85% of Kiwi children go

• state-integrated schools, which may be run by a religious faith or use specialist teaching methods

• private schools.

新西兰共有三种类别的中学：

• 国立学校：85%的新西兰选择就读国立中学

• 国立－私立联办学校：主要是教会学校或者特殊教育学校

• 私立学校

Students at secondary schools - also known as high schools or colleges - work towards the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA). Secondary schools also offer some vocational subjects, such as tourism and computing.

新西兰中学生在学校的学习受NCEA规范。同时，中学也提供一些职业课程，例如旅游、电脑等。

Some schools also offer Cambridge International Examinations and International Baccalaureate programmes.

一些学校还提供剑桥考试体系课程或者IB课程（美国大学考试体系），以供学生毕业后申请英国、美国名牌大学。

How NCEA works

关于NCEA的更多信息，请参考官方网站

New Zealand has eight state-funded universities, 16 Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) and about 550 Private Training Establishments (PTEs), which include English language schools.

新西兰共有8所国立大学，16所技能培训院校（ITPs）以及约550家私人技能培训机构（PTEs），其中包括英语培训机构。

Choose the type of institution that’s best for your career path:

• Universities offer higher degree-level education. Programmes are research-led and generally academic rather than vocational. In the 2015/16 QS World University Rankings, all eight of New Zealand’s universities were in the top 100 in at least one subject.

• ITPs and a few larger PTEs offer vocational degree-level education.

• PTEs tend to offer specific vocational programmes, mainly at certificate and diploma level.

选择最适合您孩子未来和职业规划的高等教育机构：

• 大学提供更高级别的学位教育，以学术、研究为导向。在2015/2016的世界大学排名总，新西兰每一所大学至少有一门专门位列世界前100。

• IPTs以及少数PTEs提供职业性的学位教育。

• PTEs主要提供认证、学历级别的技能培训。