By John Gerritsen of RNZ
Provisional results indicate NCEA pass rates dropped across the board for the third consecutive year in 2023.
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) said three years of Covid-19-related disruption were probably to blame.
Students have been able to access their NCEA (National Certificate of Educational Achievement) results since early Wednesday morning. By 10.30am, the authority said about 28,000 of 160,000 eligible students had done so.
NZQA deputy chief executive for assessment Jann Marshall said national results would be available in April but provisional figures showed a drop in achievement.