14 Nov 2023

Some students with Covid-19 still turning up to NCEA exams

From Checkpoint, 5:28 pm on 14 November 2023

Some students with covid are still turning up to sit their NCEA exams.

But the Auckland Secondary Principals Association is predicting illnesses will mean a lot more so called derived grades, based on previous exams results because sick students are a no show.

There's no mandatory isolation for Covid-19 anymore, just a recommendation to stay out of circulation for five days.

So what are you supposed to do when you test positive in the lead up or worse still on exam day?

Auckland Secondary Principals Association president Greg Pierce speaks to Lisa Owen.

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