High school students set to sit their exams yesterday were given the option of going for a "derived grade" due to a night disrupted by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake.
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority announced yesterday morning that New Zealand Scholarship examinations set down that day had been postponed.
Other NCEA exams were set to continue and "proceed at all schools not earthquake affected".
However, for any students unable to attend their exams there was the option of a "derived grade" process which is available so no students can be disadvantaged.
The process is laid out so that if a student is unable to take part in all or some of the national end-of-year NCEA exams, their school can use standard specific work (such as practice exams) they produced during the school year to submit a recommended grade to NZQA.