The Government allowed schools to allocate the extra credits to make up for pandemic-related disruption to learning and students were eligible for up to 10 at NCEA level 1 and up to eight at levels 2 and 3.
Te Kura (formerly known as the Correspondence School) said its summer school would help students who needed more credits for an NCEA qualification or University Entrance. Chief executive Mike Hollings said the school usually worked with as many as 2000 students each summer and he expected greater numbers than normal due to disruption caused by the pandemic and by extreme weather events in the South Island last year.
For results, and more information, go to nzqa.govt.nz.
NZQA said students who had forgotten their National Student Number (NSN) or student login details would be able to get assistance from a chatbot on its website.
The qualifications authority also said it had extended its contact centre opening hours until 8pm tonight, with extra staff available to answer students’ queries about their NCEA results.
The contact centre could be reached on 0800 697 296 or by emailing helpdesk@nzqa.govt.nz.
NZQA said students would be able to access their assessed NCEA exam papers online from January 24 and students could then apply for a review or reconsideration if they believed an error had been made in marking.
It expected to release results for New Zealand Scholarship exams on February 8.
Schools reported that students had achieved relatively few internally assessed credits before exams began and some teachers and principals told RNZ last year was particularly difficult due to high rates of staff and student illness.
By the end of November schools had logged an average of 50.4 credits for each of their NCEA students, most of them for assessments completed before exams began.
At the same time in 2021 the average was 50.5 credits, in 2020 it was 52.8, and in 2019, the year before the pandemic began, 56.6.
