1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Well, jeez, you can't accuse Erica Stamford of mucking around, 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: can you. NCIA is gone marks out of one hundred 3 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:08,640 Speaker 1: to back grades from A to ear back, needing to 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:10,800 Speaker 1: pass full subjects at least in order to get the 5 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: qualification is back. Now, how long have we been talking 6 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: about the need to do this, about the fact that 7 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: NCA is rubbish, that it's being gamed, that it's not 8 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: respected by employers, that it's not understood by parents. How 9 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: long have we talked about this? And then within eighteen 10 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: months of Erica stand for taking over the education portfolio, 11 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: the changes are made. This is absolutely, by the way, 12 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: the right thing to do. Nowhere, in none of the 13 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: assessments of what's happening at NCAA Level one, two or 14 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,279 Speaker 1: three do you hear anyone say, hey, you know what, 15 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,160 Speaker 1: this is a good system. It's always criticism. The era 16 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:44,639 Speaker 1: I had a look at NCAA Level one last year. 17 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:46,840 Speaker 1: They found such big problems so that they recommended getting 18 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,160 Speaker 1: rid of it. The NZQA last year found only half 19 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: of year twelve students actually finished three full subjects. They 20 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: didn't even get to do three full subjects. Sell somehow 21 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: managed to pass the NCA NZCER found that learning was 22 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: not the focus of school at NCEEA level more a 23 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 1: level anymore assessment was the OECD two years ago found 24 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: what we always know is going on lately, our ability 25 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: to read write in maths was slipping at it now 26 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: fallen below the OECD average. The NZQA Insights paper found 27 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: a huge number of kids got level three because it's easy, 28 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: but ue the old equivalent couldn't get it because it's 29 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: not easy. Now none of this is news to us 30 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: right Some of these reports actually date back to twenty eighteen, 31 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: seven years ago, yet NCEEA hasn't been scrapped until now. 32 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: Now this is brave because any change this speak is brave. 33 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: But especially it's brave right now at a time when 34 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: secondary school teachers are already dealing with a lot. They 35 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: have a curriculum refresh on the go, they've got new 36 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: compulsory exams already now they've got this. They are busy, 37 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: and they're about to get busier. And while I feel 38 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: for them, and I do, our kids are too important 39 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: and their education is too important to muck around. For 40 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: more from Heather du Class Allen Drive listen live to 41 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: news talks that'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 42 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio