Education Minister Erica Stanford is speaking to media following yesterday’s announcement the Government is proposing to axe NCEA in favour of new qualifications.
The proposals include:
- Removing NCEA Level 1, requiring students to take English and Mathematics at Year 11, and sit a foundation award (test) in numeracy and literacy.
- Replacing NCEA Levels 2 and 3 with two new qualifications (The New Zealand Certificate of Education at Year 12 and the New Zealand Advanced Certificate of Education at Year 13).
- Requiring students to take five subjects and pass at least four to attain each certificate.
- Marking clearly out of 100 with grades that make sense to parents like A, B, C, D, E.
- Working with industry to develop better vocational pathways so students are getting the skills relevant to certain career pathways.
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