It lacks rigour and coherence and will not prepare students for the rest of high school or tertiary education.
That's the damming conclusion of a top private Auckland girls' school that's dumping NCEA Level 1 from next year.
In a newsletter to parents, St Cuthbert's College says it will not longer teach the qualification after becoming increasingly concerned with what's being prosposed, saying the changes will not provide sufficient, in-depth learning for students.
Instead it is going it own way, developing an entirely new diploma.
Principal Justine Mahon talks to Lisa Owen.
