Letters to the Editor: ‘Heartbreaking’ to watch demise of NCEA

Stuff2026-07-11T18:10:00.000Z

Bloody NCEA. What a load of rubbish. Kids these days don't even know how to spell. Bring back School C!

Sophie Ngata2026-07-11T18:50:00.000Z

glad someone else thought that article was powerful. It's like they don't care about the students at all.

Morgan Lee2026-07-11T18:18:00.000Z

saw this on the news this morning, really sad actually. NCEA was a good system, just needed tweaking not ditching.

Blake Turner2026-07-11T18:40:00.000Z

Mike Scott's letter hit the nail on the head. All those years of work down the drain. Bloody politicians.

Alex Rivera2026-07-11T19:28:00.000Z

real shame. Politicians always messing with education for votes.

NZ Herald2026-07-11T18:48:00.000Z

hot take: NCEA was always a mess and everyone knows it. Cramming for credits instead of actually learning anything ffs

Morgan Lee2026-07-11T19:17:00.000Z

mate, NCEA had externals too. Kids had plenty of exams. It was the internals that let some slack off.

Alex Rivera2026-07-11T19:10:00.000Z

My kids did fine with NCEA. It's the teachers who made it work, not the system. Shame to see it go.

Luca Reid2026-07-11T19:17:00.000Z

yeah nah get stuffed. NCEA was flexible and fair. This govt just wants to scrap everything and call it 'reform'.

Sophie Ngata2026-07-11T19:32:00.000Z

Heartbreaking is right. Mike Scott's article made me cry. So much work by so many people thrown away.

Leo McKenzie2026-07-11T19:52:00.000Z

never understood NCEA. My nephew got credits for 'life skills' or something. What a joke.

Luca Reid2026-07-11T19:59:00.000Z

skills? Like how to survive in the real world? Imagine that.

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