Enabling distance learning

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Children and young people are learning and developing

Status:
Ongoing
Lead agency:
Ministry of Education
Action timeframe:
Term 3 2020

Emergency funding was provided to enable distance learning for early childhood education and schooling.  This included funding for devices and National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) online programme, which has already enabled two-thirds of the NECA exams to be delivered digitally.

Policy work on flexible learning (including distance) will be undertaken over the next 2-4 years as part of the Tomorrow's Schools reforms.

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