NCEA results are out and it appears most teenagers overcame the disruption of the pandemic and did well in the national qualification.
It appeared more students had achieved their NCEA certificate through internal assessment before they sat their exams, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said. File photo
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Education Minister Chris Hipkins said the provisional 2020 results were similar to previous years and in some cases slightly better.
That's despite the national and Auckland lockdowns robbing schools of weeks of classroom time.
Hipkins said he was especially pleased that level 3 results for school-leavers had improved.
It appeared more students had achieved their NCEA certificate through internal assessment before they sat their exams, but it was not yet clear how the results were influenced by extra "learning recognition credits" awarded to students last year, he said.