The business community will want urgent, focused action to ensure better education performance, says BusinessNZ.
Standards & Certification
Standards system improvements on the right track
BusinessNZ says many of the changes to New Zealand’s system of standards proposed today by the Government are on the right track, but it will be important that the standard setting process remains demonstrably independent of government and regulatory control.
Regional education information good step forward
The release of regional education achievement information today on the Ministry of Education’s website has been welcomed by BusinessNZ.
New Māori and Pasifika student results an encouraging start
The new figures showing a 3.5 percent rise in Pasifika and 2 percent rise in Māori 16 year olds achieving NCEA Level 2 shows we are moving in the right direction, however this is just the beginning, says BusinessNZ.
NCEA progress is welcome, more needs to be done
More needs to done to ensure all secondary students are well prepared for further learning and jobs, rather than collecting credits like fly buy points.
School performance data good step forward
The availability of school performance information on the Ministry of Education’s website has been welcomed by BusinessNZ.