New zealand education system

 What do we know about the education of New Zealand, where The Lord of the Rings was filmed? Let's take a closer look at the education of this magical country.

Education in New Zealand is usually paid for by the government. Education is compulsory between the ages of 5 and 16. In public schools, students are supported by the government until the age of 19. The higher education system is similar to the UK system.

Every country has educational curricula that can be considered the same. Well, what about the differences? Wānanga Institutes

Unique to New Zealand, Wānanga institutes offer programs reflecting Māori culture. Education is both preparation (‘Māori kaupapa’) and practice-oriented, based on a strong cultural ground and rules (‘tikanga’). Students are encouraged to approach their field of study with new ways of critical thinking in line with the traditional values of Māori culture.

Field-Specific Training

In New Zealand, undergraduate students are not required to meet general education requirements as part of their Undergraduate programme. From the first semester, students begin to study in subject areas directly related to their 'major'.

A student's 'major' is a specific area within the general subject area that they choose to specialize in. For example, a student may complete a Bachelor of Science in Anatomy. This means that all courses taken by that student will be directly related to anatomy.

Honor Degree

Honors degrees in New Zealand are awarded at postgraduate and postgraduate levels. For honors awarded in postgraduate programmes, students may apply for an additional year of study after their Bachelor's degree – this additional 1 year will also count as their first year of the Master's degree.

academic culture

Bearing traces of the academic culture of Australia and the United Kingdom, New Zealand educational institutions expect students to take initiative and responsibility in their studies and to be able to independently control their course load. Students are encouraged to consider problems they may encounter in sequence and to explore solutions for themselves, using the topics covered in class as a starting point.

Homework Education

In New Zealand, assignments are generally not graded and students are not penalized for failing to do so; on the contrary, they aim to encourage the student to remain constantly engaged with the content of the course and to provide them with important tools to achieve results on their own.