PremiumPremiumNew ZealandSchool shake-up: Why education overhaul could send more students to Cambridge examsOne-third of Year 11 students didn't take NCEA 1 in 2024, as Cambridge exams demand grew.11 Aug 05:00 PM
PremiumPoliticsPrincipals have their say on axing NCEA: A 'huge step forward' or a game of political football?Leading principals debate the merits of plans to radically overhaul education.04 Aug 05:00 PM
PoliticsNCEA abolished in 'massive' shake-up of NZ’s main secondary school qualificationTwo new qualifications at Year 12, 13 will replace NCEA after a series of damning reports.04 Aug 12:10 AM
New Zealand'Not fair or reliable': Calls for reform of NCEA Level 1; less than 75% of schools plan to offer it25 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandWorkSafe will not prosecute Fenz over Muriwai firefighters' deaths in landslide15 May 11:40 PM
New Zealand'Reckless': 170 jobs on line at Kāinga Ora and housing agency as axe falls across public sector02 May 05:57 AM
New Zealand'Fraught with problems': Secondary school sector backs delays to NCEA reforms05 Apr 01:01 AM
New Zealand‘Mum didn't know we took that many subjects’: Teen twins score 18 scholarship awards16 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandNCEA pass rates drop for third year in a rowCovid is being blamed as provisional pass rates drop across the board for the third time.16 Jan 11:46 PM
New Zealand'Awkward and clumsy' exam issues: NZQA stops students logging into Level 1 EnglishAs 20,000 students prepared to sit exams, the computer system failed.09 Nov 11:07 PM
New Zealand‘I didn’t falsify, I helped’: Teacher denies doing his students' work for themHe allegedly gave students ‘achieved’ or ‘merit’ despite the work not being up to scratch.29 Jun 08:00 AM
New ZealandPopular teacher allegedly did students' work for them - and everyone passedHe allegedly gave all students ‘achieved’ or ‘merit’ despite work not being up to scratch.28 Jun 10:00 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandThe NZ schools dropping NCEA Level 1A growing number of schools are ditching NCEA Level 1 to better prepare kids for Year 12.12 May 04:45 AM
New ZealandTop Auckland school axes 'dumbed down' NCEA for its own diplomaSt Cuthbert's says new Level 1 curriculum will not provide sufficient, in-depth learning.11 May 06:17 PM
New ZealandNew NCEA tests 'poorly designed for Māori, Pacific students'Independent evaluation says design of maths and writing tests are unfair on some students.30 Mar 05:59 PM
New ZealandMaking the Grade: Second NCEA literacy and numeracy tests show drop in readingOnly a third of students passed the first trial. Did students fare better this time?30 Mar 02:37 AM
New ZealandHow can we solve low literacy and numeracy test scores?School test design could be making exams more difficult than they should be.05 Mar 08:22 PM
New ZealandUni's cheating cases soar since pandemic began; students 'take advantage' of 'generosity'What's behind the increase?27 Aug 08:00 AM
New ZealandNCEA online shakeups a 'bolt from the blue' for educatorsThe MoE earlier suggested as many as 80 NCEA standards could be provided as online tests.31 Jul 11:21 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandCovid in the classroom: Can students expect extra NCEA support again this year?'Range of measures' being considered include interventions from 2020 and 2021.05 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandUnexpected event grades: NZQA confident marks were fairThousands of students skipped exams last year due to Covid.05 May 05:00 PM
EducationNCEA results out for thousands of Northland studentsNCEA results are out for Northland students nervously awaiting the outcome.21 Jan 04:00 PM
EducationNCEA results 'encouraging' despite slight drop on 2020 - HipkinsNZQA provisional data shows results down on 2020 but up on 2019.20 Jan 04:20 AM
New ZealandThe wait is over: NCEA results go live online, attainment down on 2020Results down on 2020 but up on 2019.19 Jan 08:18 PM
New Zealand'Apples with oranges': NCEA results out tomorrow but how will different regions compare?More than 160,000 students will be able to get their results from Thursday.18 Jan 04:00 PM
New Zealand'There's always a way': Students with lower grades urged to apply for universityUniversities say they're doing everything they can to help new students.14 Dec 05:40 PM
PremiumPremiumEducation'Less stress' for students sitting NCEAIt is uncertain how many Northland students are sitting for their NCEA exams this year.29 Nov 04:00 PM
KahuTraditional weaving course 'absolutely great'After two years of learning traditional weaving, a student wants to try piupiu next.24 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandCovid-19: Auckland kura stay closedTwo wharekura remain closed because of the danger Delta has on Māori families.26 Oct 09:52 PM
New Zealand'It feels like we're the guinea pigs': Some students nervous about return to schoolSome are glad to be back, others anxious - and they're all sick of Zoom.25 Oct 07:55 PM
EducationAuckland principals consider options as exam fears loom for studentsGrowing calls for the Government to cancel school exams for students in Auckland.19 Oct 08:11 PM
