39350 (2025). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Minister of Education

Written Question

Published date: 27 Aug 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	39350 (2025)
Question asked:	12 Aug 2025
Member asking:	Hon Willow-Jean Prime
Portfolio:	Minister of Education
Minister replying:	Hon Erica Stanford
Answer received:	20 Aug 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_39350_2025
Document guid:	66d165bf-8dd4-433a-bccc-dcf444f0e2e3

39350 (2025). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Minister of Education: How many students undertook NCEA Level one, two or three in 2023?

Hon Erica Stanford: 52,947 Year 11 students participated* in NCEA Level 1 in 2023. 50,949 Year 12 students participated* in NCEA Level 2 in 2023. 37,944 students participated* in NCEA Level 3 in 2023. Students do however attempt NCEAs outside of these patterns, e.g. NCEA Level 2 in Year 13. This data is not collected in a way that can easily identify these students, and these are not captured in the above numbers. * Participation is defined as being entered for: • 80+ credits at Level 1 or above for Level 1; • 60+ credits at Level 2 or above for Level 2; and • 60+ credits at Level 3 or above for Level 3 (including credits achieved in prior years).