NCEA Debacle: Heads must roll
Wednesday 9 Feb 2005
Deborah Coddington - Press Releases - Education
ACT Education spokesman Deborah Coddington today called for heads to roll at the NZQA over the NCEA scholarship results
debacle.
"Since Trevor Mallard and David Benson-Pope refuse to take any responsibility for the shambles, it is reasonable then
to assume the cause of the problem lies with the NZQA.
"It's simply not good enough that students who have slogged their guts out for a year to achieve top marks have been
mucked about.
"The NZQA has been clearly negligent in moderating the NCEA scholarship examination system.
"Ninety-nine percent of students who sat biology didn't get a scholarship because the NZQA stuffed up. This is child
abuse of the mind. Further, it is a huge let-down for teachers.
"At the very least these exam papers should be recalled, re-marked and scaled. The students deserve some justice. The
Government is not thinking about the children who have been stuffed around here.
"If the Labour Government won't put its hand up and take responsibility for this mess, then it's time someone from the
NZQA falls on their sword," Miss Coddington said.
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