Chris Abercrombie: PPTA President on the release of NCEA results today

A spotlight on student achievement, with NCEA results now available nationwide. 

About 158 thousand Year 11 to 13 students can access their exam results, including Course Endorsements and University Entrance. 

PPTA President Chris Abercrombie told Andrew Dickens literacy and numeracy co-requisites are now incredibly important. 

He says students can't get NCEA without those, which has changed how schools operate. 

Students can also request a review or reconsideration from next month. 

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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
So impatient teams around the country rejoice because your NCEA
exam results are out today. More than one hundred and
fifty thousand across New Zealand and the Cook Islands will
be able to access their marks for Lassie's exams and
finally get a good look at how they fare compared
to their fellow students. And PPTA presents Chris Abercrombie and
Chris is with me. Now, Good morning, Good morning, Big

(00:38):
day for students, Massive day, Massive Day. Are we expecting
a bit of a bump or a drama? And I
say this because educational outcomes has been a big debating point.
We've changed the curriculum and there's been debate about NCIA
going forward. So what are you expecting to see? I'm
thinking you've already seen them.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
Well I haven't already seen them, unfortunately, but I I
just think I think, I know everyone's really worked hard
in the last year, and I think in particular the
requisits for literacy and numeracy corequidus I think was a
big focus in the last year. So I'm hopeful to
see an increase in sort of in those past rates
as well.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
If the result isn't what they or their parents wanted,
is there a chance to revise or get more credits
under the belt. What do you do then?

Speaker 3 (01:22):
Absolutely? So the first protocol is to contact your school
and they should be out to help you. But there's
there's always options. You can ask for a reassessment, or
you send them back in to be remarked. You could
look at doing further assessment in over the summer period
or in the early in school and so there's always
options available. So the best best protocol would be to

(01:42):
talk to your school.

Speaker 2 (01:44):
Okay, so I mentioned it briefly, that is the government's
tinkering with the education system. Has that affected students achievement?
And if so in which way?

Speaker 3 (01:53):
Well, I think it's definitely impacted the student achievement in
the sense of, like I mentioned the corequisites, the literacy
and numerousy being incredibly important, like you can't get INCA
without getting those, and there's put a lot of emphasis
on that, and so it's sort of changed how schools
do things. It would be really interesting to see how
the overall results are as you know, as you mentioned
the educations and a flux at the moment, So it

(02:16):
be really interesting to see how this goes and.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
What is your message to the students today who are
anxiously awaiting their results. It might not get what they want,
you know, is the message. It's not the end of
the world. Life is a long journey and education is forever.
Or is it where you should have worked harder.

Speaker 3 (02:35):
Well, it's sort of a bit of both really, you know,
it's it's because it is. It is just a moment
in time and you know we you know, all of
us have had ups and downs and then you as
how you move forward as the important bit. But it
does show, you know, for some of you maybe you
should have you tried that a little bit harder at
points in the in the previous year. So it's a
good opportunity for you to reconsider it and reassess for
this here. So it's not the end of the world,

(02:56):
but maybe think about putting in a bit more effort
and if you think you didn't do as well as
you could.

Speaker 2 (03:00):
Off good stuff is Chris ab Acromby the PPT a present.

Speaker 1 (03:04):
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