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Education minister discusses the scrapping of NCEA

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 4 Aug 2025, 12:29pm
Education Minister Erica Stanford is expected to detail the Government's response to a ministerial inquiry into school property. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Education Minister Erica Stanford is expected to detail the Government's response to a ministerial inquiry into school property. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Education minister discusses the scrapping of NCEA

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 4 Aug 2025, 12:29pm

The Government's intends to entirely phase out NCEA within five years.

The proposal would require students take English and Maths in Year 11 and sit a test in numeracy and literacy.

NCEA levels 2 and 3 would be replaced with two new qualifications in year 12 and 13 - a Certificate of Education and Advanced Certificate of Education respectively.

It's the most significant update to secondary school assessments since NCEA was introduced more than two decades ago.

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