Minister wishes pupils well

Auckland: Education Minister Chris Hipkins has acknowledged the ‘‘unprecedented disruption’’ and extraordinary challenges faced by pupils this year before NCEA and New Zealand Scholarship exams begin today.

About 140,000 high school pupils will be taking the exams, which are being held 10 days late because of the impact of Covid19 on learning this year.

Exams end on December 9, by which time about 140,000 pupils will have participated in 120 NCEA and New Zealand Scholarship exam sessions.

About 35,000 pupils from almost 300 schools are entered to sit some NCEA exams online, an increase of about 20,000. — The New Zealand Herald