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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: Are private schools really any better than state schools?
Description: Do you really think kids get a better education if they go to a private school? Parents at St Cuthbert’s, a private school in Auckland, think so because they’re backing the school’s decision to drop NCEA Level 1. A quick reminder how the NCEA system works. In Year 11 (which is the old Form 5) the kids can do NCEA Level 1 (which, if you need to think about it in the old ways - is the equivalent of School Cert). And then in Year 12 (which used to be Form 6), they do Level 2. And then i...