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te Mātauranga.   Ministry of Education.  

     

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Kia ora

Thank you for your request for information below. The Ministry will consider and respond to your request in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).

Under section 15(1) of the Act, we are required to make and inform you of our decision on your request as soon as reasonably practicable and in any case not later than 20 working days after the day on which your request is received. You can therefore expect to receive our decision on your request on or before the 15th of July 2024. If more than 20 working days are needed due to the potential workload and/or consultations involved in answering your request, we will notify you accordingly.

In the interim, if you have any questions about your request, please email [email address].

Ngā mihi

Enquiries National Team | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education | MC education.govt.nz

We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent outcomes He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai ōna huanga

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Tçnâ koe Amy

OIA: 1330813 – Data and statistics on instances of academic dishonesty

Thank you for your email of 14 June 2024 to the Ministry of Education (the
Ministry) requesting the following information:

I am writing to submit a Freedom of Information request for detailed data
and statistics on instances of academic dishonesty, including plagiarism
and cheating, within New Zealand educational institutions over the past
five years. Specifically, I am requesting:

 

·           The annual number of reported cases of academic dishonesty
broken down by type (e.g., plagiarism, cheating on exams, use of
unauthorized materials).

·           The annual number of reported cases of academic dishonesty
categorized by educational level (e.g., primary, secondary, tertiary
institutions).

·           The outcomes of these cases (e.g., warnings, expulsions,
academic penalties).

·           The measures currently in place to detect and prevent academic
dishonesty, including plagiarism detection software and examination
protocols.

·           Any assessments or reviews conducted on the effectiveness of
these measures in reducing instances of academic dishonesty.

Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act).

The Ministry does not collect the information you have requested,
regarding academic honesty. All schools in New Zealand are governed by a
school board, which is responsible for the day-to-day operations of their
school, including managing cases of academic dishonesty. Individual
schools and other education providers may hold the information you have
requested relevant to their own setting, but they are not required to
report this to the Ministry.

Therefore, we are refusing your request under section 18(g) of the Act, as
the information is not held by the Ministry, and we have no grounds for
believing the information requested is either held by or more closely
related to the functions of another department or organisation subject to
the Act. 

Thank you again for your email. You have the right to ask an Ombudsman to
review my decision on your request, in accordance with section 28 of the
Act. You can do this by writing to [1][email address] or to
Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.

Nâku noa, nâ

 

 

Official and Parliamentary Information | Te Tâhuhu o te Mâtauranga
| Ministry of Education | KJ

8 Gilmer Terrace, Wellington

 

[2]education.govt.nz

 

He mea târai e mâtou te mâtauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai
ôna huanga

We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent
outcomes 
[3][IMG]

 

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Kia ora Amy

 

Please find attached NZQA’s response to the OIA request which was
transferred to us on 16 September.

 

Ngâ mihi

NZQA Ministerials team

 

 

From: Team Mailbox NZQA Ministerials <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, 29 September 2025 2:40 PM
To: [FOI #27256 email]
Subject: OC02069 Acknowledgement of partial transfer of Official
Information request - Request and Proposal for Enhancing Academic
Integrity

 

Kia ora Amy

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982
partially transferred to NZQA on 16 September 2025 seeking the following
information:

 

    The annual number of reported cases of academic dishonesty broken down
by type (e.g., plagiarism, cheating on exams, use of unauthorized
materials).

- The annual number of reported cases of academic dishonesty categorized
by educational level (e.g., primary, secondary, tertiary institutions).

- The outcomes of these cases (e.g., warnings, expulsions, academic
penalties).

- The measures currently in place to detect and prevent academic
dishonesty, including plagiarism detection software and examination
protocols.

- Any assessments or reviews conducted on the effectiveness of these
measures in reducing instances of academic dishonesty.

 

In conjunction with this request, I would like to propose an innovative
solution designed to enhance academic integrity. This proposal centers
around the creation of a voluntary AI-based system that allows students to
record their essay composition process. This system aims to mitigate false
positives in AI essay checking while preserving student autonomy.

 

 

You can expect to receive a response to your request on or before 14
October 2025. You will be contacted again if there is a likelihood that
this timeframe cannot be met.

 

As you may know requests for official information become official
information once received.  As part of the processing of requests for
official information, NZQA may need to consult with relevant third
parties.  During the consultation, a third party may ask for the identity
of the individual/organisation requesting the information. If you are an
individual making a request, please advise us whether or not you would
have an objection to disclosing your identity if a third party asks for
your identity, and the reasons for your objection.    If you are an
individual making a request on behalf of an organisation please advise us
both whether you personally have an objection to disclosing your identity,
and the reasons for your objection, as well as any objection to
identifying the organisation, together with reasons. NZQA will consider
your reasons and whether they fit with any withholding grounds under the
Privacy Act 2020 or the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Requests from an organisation for information about the organisation will
be processed under Part 4 of the Official Information Act.

 

Please note that it is our policy to proactively release where possible. 
We will let you know when we respond, if we intend to publish it. Your
name and contact details will be removed before publication.  Please
contact us if you have any questions about that.

 

In some circumstances after scoping a request, NZQA may decide to charge
for making the requested information available. If this is the case, we
will write to you again with details and seek confirmation you wanted to
proceed on that basis.

 

 For any enquiries about your request,  please contact
[1][email address]

 

If you are dissatisfied with our response, you have the right, under
section 28(3) of the Official Information Act 1982, to lodge a complaint
with the Office of the Ombudsman at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. You
can also telephone 0800 802 502 or write to the Ombudsman at PO Box 10152,
Wellington, 6143.

 

Ngâ mihi

NZQA Ministerials team

 

 

 

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