Further Information
YE Certificate
Level 3 - 24 credit equivalents

This certificate has gained course approval by NZQA.
It is a Qualification, and no grades are awarded with the qualification.

To gain the certificate, the Young Enterprise student must:
  1. Complete the course requirements
  • Student Review of Personal Contribution
    • (2 times during the year)
  • Student Evidence of YES Activities and Events
    • (2 times during the year)
  1. Pass the Young Enterprise Examination.

What are the Course Requirements?
  • Student provided evidence of having satisfactorily participated in a Young Enterprise Company (see teacher master sheet)
  • Teacher verification of the student provided evidence

Teacher Master Sheet - (refer to teacher master sheet 2010 for due dates)

Please complete and return by fax or email to:

Fleur Mckean
Email: fleur.mckean@yetrust.co.nz
Fax: 04 570 0453


URGENT:
Teachers Master Sheets must be accompanied by a Tax Return failure to provide a Tax Return results in YE Certifcate Certs not being issued.

Statement from the Committee On University Academic Programmes (November 2005)
New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee:

Students who have gained literacy and numeracy and 14 level 3 credits in each of two approved subjects may be considered to have reached the university entrance standard and be admitted ad eundem statum at entrance level if they have in addition, either:

  1. Completed the YES Certificate, or
  2. Completed only the course requirements of the YES Certificate (worth 10 level 3 credits equivalent to NZIM paper 836) and gained at least 4 further credits at level 3 or higher from the National Qualifications Framework, or a pass in another NZIM paper (worth 10 credits).

Go to: http://www.nzvcc.ac.nz/default.aspx?l=4&p=31 for NZVCC information regarding the YE Certificate and University Entrance.



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YE Exam

The New Zealand Young Enterprise Examination is modelled on the UK/Europe version, which is sat by over 32,000 Young Enterprise Directors in 17 countries.

As in the UK and Europe, the exam is voluntary but only current Yes Directors are eligible to sit.

The exam offers Young Enterprise Directors the opportunity to be recognised individually for their experience.  Certificates are presented to all students who pass.  Achieve, Merit and Excellence grades may be awarded. 

There is no scaling.

URGENT
All director, company and exam fees must be paid before you can sit exam.

The exam must be sat nationwide on the same day.

    Date: Tuesday 17 August - 2010

    Time:  1.30 pm All Regions

    Fee:    $ 25.00 per student

Online Registrations can be made from 3 May - 4 June 2010. These are now closed if you have missed this please contact Fleur Mckean YES Programme Manager

Please note that you need to be a paid up YES director along with paid up exam fees before you can sit the exam.

AUT University Business School Young Enterprise Scholarships

  • Details coming soon

Qualification Information

  • For the YE Certificate Course students must pass the Exam and Course Requirements.

NCEA credit inclusion

The following Young Enterprise assessment tools and qualifications are available for credit inclusion to NCEA.

  • YE Certificate - level 3, 24 credit equivalents
  • YE Exam - level 3, 14 credit equivalents
  • YE Course Requirements - level 3, 10 credit equivalents

These three qualifications can all be acquired separately and counted towards NCEA in different years.  For example, a student can participate in the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme in 2009, pass the YE Exam and fulfil the YE Course requirements in that year, and count the YE Course Requirements for NCEA in 2009 and the YE Exam for NCEA in 2010.

Credit exclusions apply to the YE Course Requirements.

To view the Credit Exclusion list, please find it under Course Requirements on the left hand column.




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