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Qualifications System Set to Change Rapidly

Karyn Gray —

NZQA chairperson-Sue Suckling speaking at a meeting for school leaders this week

A group of Haeata school leaders attended an interesting evening presentation on Wednesday about the future of qualifications and assessment. Currently all NCEA assessment are being digitised and all assessments and exams will be online by 2020. 

Even more exciting is the vision of the qualification system to adapt to the future rather than remaining  a remnant of a past system.  Sue talked about the five drivers of change: 

  • The future of jobs
  • Borderless education
  • Increasing access to free education
  • Digital natives
  • Individuals becoming responsible for their own learning

Sue confirmed for us that we must continue to work to build a different system - one that prepares our young people for their future, not our past.