The Impact of Lockdowns On Students w/ the PPTA: October 1, 2021

The National Qualifications Authority has announced that pass rates for NCEA have declined over the past two years, likely as a result of lockdowns. The number of achieved, merit and excellence passes at this point in the year have decreased by 6% from last year, and 20% from 2019.

Noah Ferguson-Dudding spoke to the Post Primary Teachers' Association Vice-President, Melanie Webber, about how students have coped during lockdown. They also discussed the 'device-divide' between students of different socioeconomic backgrounds, and what aspects of online teaching will be implemented into education systems in the future.