The Government is trialling an intensive maths tutoring programme to pick up students falling behind.
It'll run over the first two terms of next year, for about 2,000 Year 7 and 8 pupils.
The trial will use small-group tutoring and supervised online tuition for 30 minutes, up to four times a week.
Education Minister Erica Stanford says it's the first of its kind.
"This is going to be a hybrid model, where we have some young people learn in groups of four just with a tutor - and then we'll have a hybrid model where we've got that happening, plus some online learning using a maths programme."
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