NCEA

PPTA Te Wehengarua and secondary teachers have been the guardians of the NCEA over many years, because we can see its undoubted benefits for students. As a standards-based assessment system that is based on the principle that all students should have opportunities to succeed and to fulfil their potential, the NCEA has clear advantages over the previous norm-referenced qualification system, which had a built-in failure rate. 

Information relating to NCEA can be found on our  documents and PPTA Te Wehengarua policy page, which covers the first 10 or so years of NCEA, including the 2018 review and its outcomes. In 2025, the government announced its intention to replace NCEA. You can find a copy of our submission on the government’s proposal here and on the document and policy page linked above.  Further announcements on the future of NCEA are expected in 2026 and we will keep members up-to-date on these announcements through our usual channels.