PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSHSecondary school exams began yesterday, with more than half of Otago pupils opting to swap their pens and paper for a keyboard. Of the 6200 Otago pupils enrolled to sit NCEA exams, 3400 are entered to sit some of their exams online. Otago Secondary Principals’ Association president Lindy Cavanagh-Monaghan said online exams were the future. As long as a school’s infrastructure was suitable and had a reliable, high-speed internet connection, pupils would be able to take exams online. However young people were ‘‘increasingly familiar’’ with working on a computer and the push for more online exams was a positive one, she said.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 22, 2021 16:08 UTC