Over the past few weeks, the Ministry of Education and NZQA have announced a number of changes to NCEA for 2021, in recognition of the disruption to learning caused by Alert Level 3 & 4.

The original announcement from NZQA, back in August, was that the end of year exam period has been moved by two weeks, now starting Monday 22nd November, which allows more teaching and learning time in school before exams begin. There has also been adjustment of due dates for portfolio subjects such as Visual Arts and DVC. Students should check with their teacher for specific due dates in these subjects.

It has also been recently announced that students in schools that have suffered 16 or more day’s disruption under Alert Level 3 or 4 (that includes Hornby High School), can qualify for Learning Recognition Credits (LRC) to help them towards their NCEA goals. For every five credits a student earns in 2021, they qualify for one LRC, up to a maximum of eight credits for NCEA Level 1, and six credits for NCEA Levels 2 & 3.

Learning recognition credits are allocated in January, after the external exam period, and only allocated if a student is within range of achieving their given NCEA Level. For example, if a Level 1 student finishes the year with 74 credits, they would be allocated six LRCs, which would boost them to the 80 credits required to achieve the qualification.

More information on changes to NCEA, including Learning Recognition credits, can be found here.

If you have any questions or concerns relating to your young person’s NCEA achievement, please get in touch with their Wānanga teacher, form teacher or dean.