There are concerns unvaccinated students will not be allowed to sit exams in the event of a measles outbreak. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSHA South Otago woman is worried unvaccinated children could be forced to miss National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) exams if there is a measles outbreak in Balclutha. Jodie Monaghan was contacted by the principal of her daughter's school to say in the event of a measles outbreak, pupils who had not been verified as having been vaccinated would be banned from taking their exams. "Surely, you can't be putting people in the position where you're going to deny people the ability to sit exams because there's an outbreak," she said. He said the current measles outbreak was "a reminder that schools need to be prepared for unexpected events that occur during or just before the NCEA and New Zealand Scholarship examinations.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 27, 2019 16:41 UTC