A reassurance that students failing new NCEA pre-requisite tests will still have options to get their qualifications. 

Less than half of the 55 thousand students who passed the tests passed numeracy, with 59% passing reading, and 56% passing writing. 

Students must pass all three tests to start receiving NCEA qualifications. 

PPTA President Chris Abercrombie told Ryan Bridge there's no real time limit on this. 

He says students could do it in their last year of school and there are still dual pathways. 

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