SM14.35 NZQA Pre-Assessment Results (PARs) and Qualifications Assessment Results (QARs)

See SM14.35 Effective 17/12/2003

1. The NZQA will provide Pre-Assessment Results (PARs) and Qualifications Assessment Reports (QARs).
2. A Pre-Assessment Result is a report that compares an applicant's nominated qualification to a Level on the New Zealand Register of Quality Assured Qualifications. It is made on the understanding that:
   1. a pre-assessment result is based solely on unverified information provided by the applicant on the application form; and
   2. no documentation is sighted; and
   3. only one overseas qualification is compared; and
   4. when an application for residence is made*, a full assessment (a Qualifications Assessment Report) will be required to determine whether a qualification (or group of qualifications) will qualify for points.
3. A Qualifications Assessment Report:
   1. assesses an overseas qualification (or group of qualifications) by stating the learning outcomes of the closest New Zealand equivalent qualification; and
   2. states the Register of New Zealand Quality Assured Qualifications level of that equivalent qualifications; and
   3. refers to any verification of the applicant's qualifications undertaken by the NZQA.

Effective 01/04/2004