Darr said schools needed other options for assessing literacy and numeracy and meeting the requirements should not be a prerequisite for receiving an NCEA qualification.

Literacy and numeracy could be a separate qualification, or they could be included in the NCEA certificates in the same manner that standards from other subjects were included.

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I would add three more pillars; empathy, team work and critical thinking.

Soft skills like that are quite difficult to objectively measure though.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Empathy is difficult, team work isn't too hard and critical thinking is already part of the syllabus kinda.

[–] liv@lemmy.nz 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Maybe fold empathy into social and emotional intelligence. Or ethics.

[–] liv@lemmy.nz 2 points 11 months ago

Critical thinking is measurable. I'd agree with you on the other two though.