NCEA Review Ministerial Advisory Group announced

By Education Gazette editors

Issue: Volume 97, Number 2

Posted: 12 February 2018

Reference #: 1H9hQC

Seven innovative thinkers will challenge traditional thinking on senior secondary education and assessment as part of the NCEA Review Ministerial Advisory Group. The group will advise the Minister of Education throughout the NCEA review this year.

The new NCEA Review Ministerial Advisory Group brings a diverse range of skills and experience relevant to the NCEA review, ranging from youth advocacy to student assessment, secondary-tertiary pathways and Māori-medium education, along with a broad understanding of secondary schooling in New Zealand.

Ministerial Advisory Group members

Jeremy Baker (Chair), Beef + Lamb NZ

Barbara Cavanagh, Huntly College

Pauline Waiti, Ahu Whakamua Limited

Michelle Dickinson, ‘Nanogirl’

Jonathan Gee, New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations

Arizona Leger, Auckland University of Technology

Charles Darr, New Zealand Council for Educational Research

Public consultation as part of the NCEA review is expected to begin in late April 2018.

More information about the NCEA review and the Ministerial Advisory Group can be found at

http://education.govt.nz/ministry-of-education/consultations-and-reviews/ncea-review/(external link)