A more equitable education system for Aotearoa?

2024

Curriculum refresh:

• Refreshed Technology, Arts and Science curriculums will be available for teaching.

• Learning Languages, Health and Physical Education curriculums will undergo design and feedback processes.

NCEA change programme:

• NCEA Level 1 subjects.

• TMoA NCEA Level 1 Wāhanga Ako will be implemented.

• NCEA Level 2 subjects will go into pilot stages.

• Mini-pilot of NCEA Level 3 Te Reo Māori.

By Naomii Seah, Industry Reporter

As the 2023 school year begins, educators are looking toward the rollout of the curriculum refresh; hopes are high, but so are concerns of inadequate resourcing, inequitable implementation, and poor timing, as the NCEA change package continues simultaneously.

In many ways, 2023 is set to be a year of change, turbulence, and uncertainty in the education sector of Aotearoa. Term 1 marks the first term that the new Aotearoa New Zealand Histories curriculum will be taught nationwide, marking the first of a wider New Zealand curriculum refresh that will unfold over the next three years. Additionally, pilot programmes will begin for the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) change programme, described by the Ministry of Education on their website as “the most significant reform of NCEA since the qualification was introduced”. While the Ministry of Education describes the National Curriculum refresh and NCEA changes as being “well aligned”, those on the ground have their doubts, as new NCEA standards look to be developed before changes to the curriculum are implemented.

Although the commitment to Te Tiriti and mana ōrite frameworks have been praised, educators are concerned over the support available for implementation of a new curriculum amidst ongoing changes to certificate standards. Educators are worried that a rollout that is too generalised, inadequately supported and resourced will lead to continued inequitable outcomes.

The timeline 2023

Curriculum refresh:

• Aotearoa New Zealand Histories curriculum will now be taught in all schools.

• Mathematics and Statistics and English curriculums developed over 2022 will now be available for teaching.

• Technology, Arts and Science curriculums will undergo design and feedback stages.

NCEA change programme:

• Pilot of NCEA Level 1 subjects (developed 2021).

• Mini-pilot of NCEA Level 2 Te Reo Māori

• Pilot of Te Marautanga o Aotearoa (TMoA) NCEA Level 1 Wāhanga Ako .

• Mini-pilot of TMoA NCEA Level 2 Wāhanga Ako.

• Development of materials for NCEA Level 3 NZC subjects.

• Develop TMoA NCEA Level 3 Wāhanga Ako materials.

• Te Ao Haka implemented across all three NCEA levels.

• Te Reo Matatini me to Pāngarau | Literarcy and Numeracy, implemented across all three NCEA levels dependant on sector readiness.

• Vocational Pathways refresh phased in.

• Full pliot of TMoA NCEA Level 2 Wāhanga Ako.

• Mini-pilot of TMoA NCEA Level 3 Wāhanga Ako.

2025

Curriculum refresh:

• By the end of 2025, all schools will be operating on the refreshed New Zealand curriculum.

• Ongoing implementation and support.

NCEA change programme:

• NCEA Level 2 subjects implemented.

• TMoA NCEA Level 2 Wāhanga Ako implemented.

• Full pilot of NCEA Level 3 subjects.

• Full pilot of TMoA NCEA Level 3 Wāhanga Ako.

2026

NCEA change programme:

• NCEA Level 3 subjects implemented.

• TMoA NCEA Level 3 Wāhanga Ako implemented.

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