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Podcast: The Front Page
Episode: New NCEA plan, tight deadline: What the overhaul leaves teachers still asking
Description: The Government's confirmed it's going ahead with scrapping the current NCEA system. Cabinet's agreed to an overhaul of secondary school qualifications - replacing NCEA with new subject-based assessments in Year 12 and Year 13. Education Minister Erica Stanford says consultation showed strong support for structural change. NCEA will be replaced with a new system with two levels over Years 12 and 13 There'll be subject-based assessment for Years 12 and 13 Removing NCEA Level 1 and replacing it with curriculum-driven learning in Year 11 A Foundational Award will be introduced in Year 11, recognising a students’ achievement in literacy and numeracy All Year 11 students will st...