✈️ Academic route
FROM🇰🇷 South Korea→TO🇳🇿 New Zealand
South Korea school-leaving stage to New Zealand: education route
Compare school-leaving stage in South Korea with the corresponding school stage in New Zealand, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.
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Route alignment
South Korea describes this point as 고등학교 · Grades 10–12 / 검정고시 / CSAT. New Zealand describes the receiving stage as Years 11–13 / NCEA transition. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.
DEPARTING STAGE고등학교 · Grades 10–12 / 검정고시 / CSAT✈ARRIVING STAGEYears 11–13 / NCEA transition
📚 Side-by-side
What crosses with the learner
Route point🇰🇷 South Korea🇳🇿 New Zealand
Current stage고등학교 · Grades 10–12 / 검정고시 / CSATYears 11–13 / NCEA transition
Education authorityA national curriculum is implemented through metropolitan and provincial education offices; KICE administers the CSAT.A national curriculum covers Years 1–13; senior-secondary qualifications are in an active transition from NCEA.
Application fileCurrent school records and subject historyReceiving authority and school placement requirements
🧳 Preparation file
Bring these into the route
- Recent report cards or transcripts and the current subject list
- School-attendance and progression records requested by the receiving school
- Identity, residence, guardianship, and address documents required locally
- Certified translations and language-learning history where requested
🔗 Official links
Open the issuing sources
National curriculum and achievement standardsNational Curriculum Information Center ↗검정고시 qualification, subjects and passing rulesNational Institute for Lifelong Education · 검정고시지원센터 ↗CSAT / 수능 official informationKorea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation ↗Current CSAT candidate guideKorea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation ↗NCEA subject materials and standardsNew Zealand Ministry of Education ↗New secondary qualification structure updateNew Zealand Ministry of Education ↗
🔎 Also described as
moving from South Korea to New Zealand for school-leaving stageSouth Korea school-leaving stage in New ZealandSouth Korea to New Zealand school transfer requirements