Saw this on twitter earlier - School denying credits to an academy player in the Wellington Region:
https://twitter.com/martynsims/status/889006044688433152
https://twitter.com/martynsims/status/889006204441116673
I read this and immediately thought "holy hell, what NCEA credits can you get for playing football."
But reading the tweets it's about "credits" in Year 9. Third form. I'm not sure what these might be but much less worrying than Years 11, 12, or 13 actual NCEA credits.
Haha,
The moment I wrote 'credit' I knew it was a mistake !
The school runs a 'credit' system at year 9 and 10 in order to prepare the kids for NCEA level 1. They earn the marks during the year in the same structure as NCEA and 'graduate' at the end of the year with achieved, merit or excellence in pretty much the same way.
There are an amount of credits the kids can 'earn' from being involved in extra-curricular activities for the college. Playing in a college sport team, being in the school play or band automatically earns you those credits which count towards your final mark.
He was given 0 which I argued was unfair as he trained 5 days a week and played on a 6th, so when exactly was he supposed to earn those credits.
They agreed it was unfair and said it would be taken into account this year.