Are our children failing, or is the education system failing them? National's revealed it will rewrite the school cirriculum if it gets into government.
It follows recent pilot NCEA tests of year 10 students where pass rates were as low as 34 percent in writing and 56 percent in maths.
New Zealand students have also been slipping in international test rankings. Meanwhile the government is already reviewing the curriculum, with a literacy and maths strategy being developed over the next couple years.
Former teacher, Dr Nina Hood, is the founder of Education Hub. She talks to Lisa Owen.
