School needs to be more than tests and qualifications - NCEA is just one measure of success. Some students question fuss over test that has teachers expressing concern to NZQA. Students who coped with ...

Education Minister Erica Stanford says a sizeable drop in the percentage of NCEA Level 1 students receiving the qualification was anticipated. The latest results released on Friday show 70% of ...

Hobsonville Point Secondary School Maurie Abraham shares his concerns about the NCEA curriculum. / Greg Bowker Exasperated maths teachers are drafting a letter of complaint after a major exam left ...

Thousands more high school students are passing the foundational literacy and numeracy assessments required for NCEA, clear evidence the Government’s relentless focus on the basics is delivering ...

New Zealand's fourth-biggest school, Macleans College, has joined a small stampede away from the first year of the national qualification system as school principals take fright at proposed reforms.

A proposal to completely overhaul NCEA will stop some students suffering the "perverse consequences" of a system focused on passing at any cost, says the country's secondary school union. Education ...

Changes to NCEA to be phased in over five years will ensure young New Zealanders continue to be well prepared for work and future study, Deputy Secretary, Early Learning and Student Achievement, Ellen ...

The exam has sparked an open letter by maths teachers to the NZ Qualifications Authority complaining that the exam was too hard for Level 1 of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA ...

Education Minister Erica Stanford has called time on “credit counting”, announcing plans to scrap the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA). Under the proposed changes, from 2028 NCEA ...

Students at a high schools across New Zealand took a recent maths exam that was reportedly so difficult, many of them were unable to complete it. Year 11 students at Wellington Girls' College were one ...