By THERESA GARNER
Imported examinations gaining favour in some New Zealand schools have been formally recognised as a qualification for tertiary entrance.
The Vice-Chancellors Committee has given equivalence to the Cambridge International Examination, a system adopted by schools dissatisfied with the new National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA).
All state schools must offer the NCEA but are allowed to offer the chance to sit alternative exams. Students who pass the Cambridge exams will leave school with the internationally recognised General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) and A levels.
So far 22 schools have registered to offer the Cambridge exams alongside or in place of the NCEA.
They include Auckland schools Senior College, Macleans College and King's College.
Cambridge exam earns a pass mark
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