Patrick Drumm: Mt Albert Grammar headmaster on the Government's new changes for NCEA

from Matt Heath & Tyler Adams Afternoons · host Newstalk ZB

The Government's proposal to eventually scrap NCEA qualifications has been met with approval from educators. The Government's looking at phasing NCEA out entirely within five years - with level one being replaced with a literacy and numeracy test and levels two and three giving way to educational certificates. Mt Albert Grammar headmaster Patrick Drumm joined the Afternoons team to discuss. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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