One of Labour’s worst legacies will be the decline in educational standards.
The Government must rule out lowering the standards required to obtain the NCEA literacy and numeracy co-requisites, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says.
“Revelations that the Government is considering lowering standards to help students pass shows an astounding lack of ambition from Labour.
“Two-thirds of New Zealand students failed to pass the new minimum literacy and numeracy standards for NCEA.
“Instead of simply dumbing down the tests to make them easier to pass, the Government could actually consider teaching kids more maths, reading and writing before they start secondary school.
“The Royal Society has already recommended that kids spend at least one hour a day learning maths. Why has the Government not acted on this advice?
“Rather than focusing on what students need in primary and…
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